Huia

NZ$1.00

Drawn using a stippling technique, this artwork consists solely of small dots.

The New Zealand huia was a striking large songbird, mainly black with long white-tipped tail feathers. Female and male huia had dramatically different bill sizes and shapes, this drawing is of a female. Sadly, this bird is extinct with the last recorded sighting in December 1907. 

Drawn using a stippling technique, this artwork consists solely of small dots.

The New Zealand huia was a striking large songbird, mainly black with long white-tipped tail feathers. Female and male huia had dramatically different bill sizes and shapes, this drawing is of a female. Sadly, this bird is extinct with the last recorded sighting in December 1907.