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Spotted at The Groynes park, Christchurch NZ.
cute little bit big, look like takahe
A common sight in the wetlands in this case on the lake shore.
Native to New Zealand where they inhabit swampland areas
Also known as the "purple swamphen" the subspecies occurring where I am in New ...
Pūkeko is the common name, derived from the ...
We didn't see him coming, but he wasn't distressed or worried, so he came quite ...
Also known as a Purple Swamphen in many other countries.
Black-blue plumage. Stands approx 50cms tall. Foraging for food in lawn.
This bird from the rail family has expanded well into Australia with ...
. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukeko)
This was probably the most numerous bird species evident at the wetlands today
New Zealand swamp hen. This beautiful bird dwells near swampland, a clumsy ...
This chicken-sized bird, with its huge feet, bright plumage and red bill and ...
as the Pūkeko, African Purple Swamphen, ...
Takahe with his mate and chick, feeding them a dead unidentified bird. There is ...
A large bird, would stand 40-50cm high, deep blue to black plummage with a ...
body, black wings and a red beak.
Also known locally as the
The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the
The purple swamphen is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae. Also known ...
The Purple Swamphen is a large rail. It is mainly dusky black above, with a ...
Recalls an outsized moorhen in outline but colours are striking. Adult has ...
that the New Zealand population of Purple Swamphens (locally called the
(Porphyrio melanotus). Also found in New Zealand, where it is known as the ...
in New Zealand, where it is known as the
