What is the bird on the 100 dollar note?

What is the bird on the 100 dollar note?

The Bird of Paradise
The Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apodo) The Bird of Paradise is one of the most beautiful wild birds in existence. A native to the isle of New Guinea, this exotic avian graces our one hundred (100) dollar note.

What are the birds on New Zealand bank notes?

What are the Birds on the Back of the New Zealand Banknotes?

• NZ$5 – Yellow-eyed Penguin / Hoiho.
• NZ$10 – Blue Duck / Whio.
• NZ$20 – New Zealand Falcon / Karearea.
• NZ$50 – Blue Wattled Crow / Kokako.
• NZ$100 – Yellowhead / Mohua.

What bird is on the 50 dollar note NZ?

Kōkako
The Kōkako or blue wattled crow (Callaeas wilsoni) is a large native bird with a distinctive bluish-grey body with a black face ‘mask’ and sky blue wattles. The variety on the note is the North Island kokako.

What bird is on the $20 note NZ?

New Zealand falcon
The kārearea or New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae), is a striking and majestic bird.

Why is Rutherford on the 100 dollar note?

Āpirana Ngata of Ngāti Porou was born at Te Araroa on the East Coast. He was the first Māori person to receive a University degree. Known for his work in Parliament and his tireless championing and protection of Māori culture and language. He strengthened Māori communities and worked in Parliament from 1905 to 1943.

Who is on the $100 dollar bill NZ?

Ernest Rutherford
The new one-hundred-dollar note featured Ernest Rutherford on the front, with the Nobel Prize medal he won in 1908. The Nobel Foundation gave permission for the image of the medal to be used. The medal is overlaid by a graph showing the results of Rutherford’s investigations into naturally occurring radioactivity.

What is the bird on the five dollar note?

What’s on the $5 banknote A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is shown on the front of the $5 banknote together with a sprig of eucalyptus. The portrait is drawn from photographs commissioned by the Reserve Bank in 1984.

Who is on the New Zealand 100 dollar note?

The 1999 to present (Issue 6) New Zealand polymer $100 note features Lord Ernest Rutherford of Nelson (1871-1937) a Nobel prize winner on the front, and a view of Eglinton Valley and some of the flora and fauna of the area including the Mohua or Yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala), South Island lichen moth and the Red Beech.

What kind of bird is on New Zealand 20 dollar note?

$20 Note – Kārearea Known as ‘the New Zealand falcon ’, these birds have long pointed wings and a long tail. Capable of reaching speeds of over 100 km/h and mottled in colour, these are distinctive and spectacular birds. They have three ecological forms; Bush, Eastern and Southern.

Why is apirania Turupa Ngata on the NZ 50 dollar bill?

Sir Āpirania Turupa Ngata stands tall on New Zealand’s $50 note. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 due to his work on the disintegration of elements, Rutherford remains an enduring part of scientific history and a true Kiwi icon. He is worthy of a place on New Zealand’s highest value bill.

What kind of bird is on Trinidad and Tobago 10 dollar note?

The Cocrico, together with the Scarlet Ibis, are featured on Trinidad and Tobago’s Coat of Arms and are also featured on the country’s ten (10) dollar note.