HuiaDutch: Huia |
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| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Callaeidae |
| Genus: | Heteralocha |
| Species: | Heteralocha acutirostris |
   
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| This species is extinct since 1907. It shows a remarkable sexual dimophism: long beak in female, short beak in male. Many thanks to the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria, for providing us with these pictures. | |
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Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge) |
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| Length: | 90 mm |
| Length cranium: | 32 mm |
| Width (cranium): | 29 mm |
| Height (cranium): | 24 mm |
| Alternative names: Huia (German), Huia dimorphe (French), Huia (Spanish) | |