Prince Charles donned a cloak made from albatross feathers Wednesday in New Zealand, three days after making a plea to save the endangered bird.

The cloak was briefly draped on the prince's shoulders as he visited a Maori weaving exhibition in Auckland. It's the fourth day of his five-day visit to the country.

One of the Maori weavers said no birds were killed to make the cloak and that the feathers had been gathered from a nesting colony.

Prince Charles sports a traditional Maori cloak at the Eternal Thread exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday. (AP photo)

The cloak also contained feathers from two other non-endangered birds: the flightless weka and pukeko, or swamp hen.

Those feathers, said weaver Kelly Walker, "are from roadkill."

On Sunday, Prince Charles visited an albatross nesting colony near the southern city of Dunedin and warned all 21 species of the bird are under threat of extinction from long-line fishermen and other marine harvesting practices.

While visiting the colony, the prince wondered whether it would take a "dodo-like disappearance of this noble winged creature" to alert people to the plight of the albatross.

"If that happens we hardly have the right to call ourselves civilized," he added.

A spokesperson for the prince said he didn't know whether Charles knew the cape contained albatross feathers.