AUSTRALIAN COOT

Photographed at Matata, New Zealand, June 2017

(*   82)                   AUSTRALIAN COOT                   Fulica atra     

                

NEW ZEALAND           65

Known in Australia as Eurasian Coot. Found in small freshwater lakes and shallow bays of larger lakes.  38 cm. A locally common native over North Island, except the northern part, and found in the eastern half of the South Island.