This stamp features the extinct stout-legged wren. Along with two other members of its family – Acanthisittidae – it was flightless, extremely unusual for passerines. And most flightless birds are much larger than these three – the biggest of which weighed 40 grams.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
New Zealand Post
Reference: 1996 Extinct Birds stamp issue
Artwork by Geoffrey Cox
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