The Dinornis novaezealandiae has been described as a bird that was “two-legged, tailless, wingless [and] clad in woolly fibres” (Armstrong 2010, p. 327). It had, “long, shaggy hair-like feathers up to 18 cm long” (Szabo, 2013).Szabo, M.J. (2013). (updated 2017). North Island giant moa. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online. Retrieved from https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/north-island-giant-moa Feather and skin fragments indicate that all but the legs were fully feathered and that the wings of this bird were not visible. Their feathers were brown, sometimes with pale edging.
