Book ID: 91724
Tennyson, Alan and Paul Martinson
Extinct Birds of New Zealand. 2006. Many col. plates. V, 180 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Isolated from the outside world for some 80 million years manyextraordinary birds evolved in New Zealand, e.g. the giant moa,the beautiful huia, and the largest eagle the earth ever has seen.Human settlement extinguished 58 species, over a quarter of the totalof species. This book records lost bird life, in rich colour, depictedby Paul Martinson, supplemented by detailed information on the birdsand their tragic extinction, by paleontologist Alan Tennyson.