A painting of an eastern moa.
Rights: Te Papa, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Published 16 September 2022 Size: 5.3 MB Referencing Hub media

A painting by New Zealand artist, Paul Martinson of his impression of an eastern moa (Euryapteryx curtus) in its podocarp forest habitat.

Stout-legged moa. Euryapteryx curtus. From the series: Extinct Birds of New Zealand., 2005, Masterton, by Paul Martinson. Purchased 2006. Te Papa (2006-0010-1/24).

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