Giant Nēnē

A black and white rendering of a very large goose. It has a dark colored neck and striped feathers. Leaves are on the ground and there is what appears to be a tree stump in the background.
Photo By/Credit

H. Glyn Young, Simon J. Tonge, Julian P. Hume, wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/, article 995

Date Shot/Created
12/01/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Image
Extinct giant nēnē rendering based on fossil remains discovered in 1926 beneath a prehistoric lava flow on Hawai‘i. The giant nēnē was about twice as large as today’s nēnē.