Upland Moa Megalapteryx didinus. Original artwork from A Gap in Nature.
1999. Watercolour and gouache on Arches paper, 665 x 880mm, framed, signed and dated by artist. Last Record: Subfossil, Surviving to about 1500. Distribution: Subalpine and Alpine Habitats, South Island, New Zealand. The first Maori arrived in Aotearoa, the archipelago now called New Zealand, around 1200 and in the next..... More