The huia was the largest wattlebird in New Zealand and has now become extinct. It was a large songbird with mostly black feathers and long white-tipped tail feathers. It had a significant place in the Maori culture.
New Delhi: Birds are always valuable for the beauty they bring to the nature of this planet and for maintaining the balance of the ecosystem in several ways. But if the birds are valued monetarily, which one would come on the top? We have found an answer to this question. A single feather of the extinct huia bird of New Zealand has created a world record after being sold for NZD$46,521.
50 (US$28,417) at an auction. The record previously belonged to a feather of the American bald eagle, which fetched NZ$4,000 (US$2,600). According to The Guardian, the feather of the huia bird weighs around 9 grams and is even more valuable than gold, as the feather fetched $5,169 per gram compared with $127 per gram of gold.
What is the huia bird and why is it significant? The huia was the largest wattlebird in New Zealand and has now become extinct. It was a large songbird with mostly black feathers and long white-tipped tail feathers. Its size was like a magpie and the black feathers had a green and bluish-purple metallic sheen.
The bill of the bird used to vary from pale ivory grading to bluish-grey at the base, and yellow at the gape. The female bird used to have a longer bill than the male bird while the latter’s bill was heavier. The huia bird had a significant place in the.
