File:Laughing Owl - Sceloglaux albifacies albifacies.jpg

Summary
Whekau or laughing owl. Photographed (in the Wellington Region?) between 1889 and 1910 by Henry Charles Clarke Wright (1844-1936).

"Trevor Worthy (an expert on the subject) has stated that the photo is of a bird that was in the captivity of Walter Buller. The photo was taken in 1892 - of one of a pair of birds shipped to Rothschild." This bird belonged to Buller and was photographed during 1892 shortly before being shipped from New Zealand to a new owner, Walter Rothschild, in England. Date: between 1889 and 1910 Source: extinct-website.com/extinct-website/product_info.php?cPath=22_51&products_id=511 Author: Henry Charles Clarke Wright This New Zealand work is in the public domain both in New Zealand and in other countries adhering to international copyright treaties, because its copyright has expired or it is not subject to copyright. According to the New Zealand Copyright Act of 1994 as elaborated on by the the Standing Committee on Copyright of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA), as of May 2011.