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The Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand. It is one of the largest members of the diverse honeyeater family. The name tui is from the Maori language. It used to be called the Parson bird on account of its white ruffed neck. The Tui sings a most beautiful, m..

Fine art print inspired by a lithograph made in the 1850s by Edward Lowe.Features a Curved New Zealand Fern (Asplenium flaccidum) from New Zealand and Australia...

Vintage bird art by John Gould. Features Pennant's Parrakeets (Platycercus pennantii). This is found in Australia and sometimes New Zealand. They are also known as the Crimson Rosella, Broad Tailed Parakeet, Red lory or Red lowry. This is a fine art print of the lithograph Gould made in the 1840s...

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii) formerly known as the Little Grey Kiwi.Buller said : "The Grey Kiwi is distributed over a great portion of the South Island, and in some of the remote districts is still very abundant. Till recently i..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli).Buller said : "A full and complete history of the remarkable wingless birds which, even to the present day, form the most distinctive feature in the avifauna of New Zealand, would necessarily fi..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features Kea parrots (Nestor notabilis).Of the Kea, Buller says "far above dwarf vegetation in all the wonderful variety of alpine shrubs and flowers...This is the home of the Kea". Walter Buller KCMG (1838 - 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and natura..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the Yellow-crested Penguin, now known as the Fiordland Crested Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) and the Blue Penguin, now known as the Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor).Buller said of the Little Penguin: "I once had a live one in my possessio..

Extinct Moa birds with ancient Maori hunting them. The Moa bird was found in New Zealand up to at least 1300ad. It was one of largest birds that has ever lived.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features New Zealand Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus vagans).Buller said:"The New-Zealand bird is very generally dispersed, being met with in all suitable localities. It frequents alike the sea-shore, the open country, forest-clearings, and the banks..

Fine art print of birds inspired by a lithograph made in the 1880s by Anton Reichenow.Features Parrots from Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Features Taviuni Parrot, Ringneck Parrot, Bauer's Parakeet, Singing Parakeet, Masked Parakeet, Red-capped Parrot and the New Zealand Parakeet..

A superb rare vintage illustration of Tuatara. The Tuatara is famous because it is the only survivor of an ancient group of reptiles that roamed the earth at the same time as dinosaurs. It hasn't changed much in over 225 million years! The relatives of Tuatara died out about 60 million years ago whi..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features female and male Huia birds (Heteralocha acutirostris, extinct mid-1920s).Buller said of the Huia:"Before proceeding to speak of the bird itself, I would remark on the very restricted character of its habitat. It is confined within narrow geo..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features female and male Huia birds (Heteralocha acutirostris, extinct mid-1920s). Buller said of the Huia:"Before proceeding to speak of the bird itself, I would remark on the very restricted character of its habitat. It is confined within narrow ge..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features adult and young Tui or Parson birds (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae). Buller said of the Tui:"The early colonists named it the Parson bird, in allusion to the peculiar tufts of white feathers that adorn its throat, and their fancied resemblan..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features adult and young Tui or Parson birds (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae). Buller said of the Tui:"The early colonists named it the Parson bird, in allusion to the peculiar tufts of white feathers that adorn its throat, and their fancied resemblan..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) and Silvereye (Zosterops lataeralis).Buller said of the Tui:"The early colonists named it the Parson bird, in allusion to the peculiar tufts of white feathers that adorn its throat, and their fancied resemblance..

Fine art print inspired by botanical art from the 1890s by John Wright.Features Erica and Epacris flowers. Erica are commonly referred to as heather in England and are native to Europe. Epacrises are native to Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. The species are known as heaths or Australian he..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features Kakariki Parrots, also known as the Red Crowned Parakeet, Yellow Crowned Parakeet and Ornage-Fronted Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae and Cyanoramphus auriceps).Of the Red Crowned Parakeet, Buller says "when on the wing it utters a hurr..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the New Zealand Dotterel and Banded Dotterel.Buller said of the Banded Dotterel:"...it rises in tha air with very rapid movement of the wings and usuall adopts a circualr course...it is hard to kill often flying a considerable distance after..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features female and male New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa).Buller said of this bird:"It is very tame and familiar, allowing a person to approach within a few feet of it without evincing any alarm, sometimes, indeed, perching for an instant o..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the New Zealand pigeon or Kereru (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae).Buller said:"Of the large and well-defined group of fruit-eating Pigeons found dispersed over the sea-girt lands of the southern hemisphere, the single species inhabiting New Zeala..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features male and female New Zealand Quail or Koreke (Coturnix novaezelandiae, extinct 1875). Buller said:"This handsome species, the only indigenous representative in New Zealand of the order Gallinæ, was “on the verge of extinction” when I publishe..

Fine art print of a palm tree by P. De Pannemaeker.Features a Nikau Palm Tree (Areca Rhopalostylus, now known as Rhopalostylis sapida) from New Zealand, also known as the Feather Duster Palm Tree. It is the only palm species endemic to mainland New Zealand and grows up to 20m (70ft) high. Some say t..

Fine art print of birds inspired by a lithograph made in the 1880s by Anton Reichenow.Features parakeets from Australia and New Zealand. Shows Pennant's Parakeet (also known as Crimson Rosella and found in NZ), Yellow-bellied Parakeet, Yellow Rosella, Adelaide Rosella, Western Rosella, Pale-headed R..

Fine art print of birds inspired by a lithograph made in the 1880s by Anton Reichenow.Features a parrots from New Zealand, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Shows Baudin's Cockatoo, Common Kaka, Kea Parrot, Price of Essling's Parrot, Phillip Island Parrot and Night Parrot...

Vintage botanical art from Le Jardin Fleuriste by Charles Lemaire showing a Pohutukawa tree flower, Metrosideros tomentos. The Pohutukawa is known as the New Zealand Xmas tree. It is a ablaze with crimson flowers ar Xmas time.Charles Lemaire was a prominent botanist and was involved with many of the..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) and New Zealand Scaup( Aythya novaeseelandiae). Buller said of the Blue Duck:"Far up the mountain-gorge, where the foaming torrent, walled in on both sides, rushes impetuously over its shingle-bed,..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the Blue Heron and White-fronted Heron These are now known as the Reef heron (Egretta sacra) and Blue Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae). Buller said of the White-fronted heron:"The White-fronted Heron is very sparingly dispersed over the New-Z..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features the Chatham-Island Shag, now known as the Pitt Island Shag (Stictocarbo featherstoni). Buller said:"This beautiful addition to the ornithology of our country was one of the novelties brought from the Chatham Islands by Mr. Henry Travers on h..

Fine art print inspired by John Gerrard Keulemans.Features Chatham Island fernbird (Bowdleria rufescens, extinct 1892) and Fernbird or Matata (Bowdleria punctata). Of the Chatham Island Fernbird, Buller reported:'Mr. Henry Travers says:—“I only found this bird on Mangare, where it is not uncommon. I..