heteralocha acutirostris

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heteralocha acutirostris - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Huia bird \Hu"ia bird`\ [Native name; -- so called from its
     cry.] (Zool.)
     A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris),
     remarkable for the great difference in the form and length of
     the bill in the two sexes, that of the male being sharp and
     straight, that of the female much longer and strongly curved.
     [1913 Webster]