Huia
Huia | |
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Huia: toa ki mua, uha ki muri | |
Scientific classification | |
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Puninga: | Heteralocha |
Momo: | H. acutirostris
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Binomial name | |
Heteralocha acutirostris | |
Synonyms | |
Neomorpha acutirostris |
Ko te Huia he manu ngahere nō Aotearoa. He manu ātaahua, poropango katoa. He mā te toi o te kurutou - he tino taonga hei rākai i te māhunga. Ko te ngutu o te uha he roa, he tāwhana. Heoi, kua ngaro noa atu te Huia i te tirohanga kanohi: .
Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Heteralocha acutirostris.
I te wā o mua, he tino tohu nō te rangatira ko ngā rau o te Huia. Mehemea nō nga kāwai rangatira te tangata, tērā pea ka whakamaua atu nga hukumaro o te huia ki nga makawē, ko te kiri tonu rānei ka whakamarokengia, kātahi ka meatia ki etahi momo whakakakara, me te whakamau atu ki te taringa, ki te kakī ranei o te tangata, hei whakarākei, hei whakapaipai. I te wā o te pakanga, i te wā rānei o te tangihanga, ka titia atu he rau huia ki te māhunga. E ai ki tētahi tuhinga, he wā anō ka mahia mai he momo pōtae ki te harakeke me ngā ūpoko o ētahi huia maha tonu. Ka waiho ngā ngutu o ngā huia kia tautau, ā, ka neke ana te wahine kei a ia e mau mai ana tēnei taonga, kua tatetate ngā ngutu. Heoi anō, me wahine rangatira e whakamaua ai e ia tētahi pōtae huia pēnei.
Tohutoro
[takatā | takatā pūtake]- Gill, B J., 1991. New Zealand's Extinct Birds. Tāmaki-makau-rau: Random Century.
- Robertson, C J R. (Etita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.