Showing posts with label Australian Coot. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 1, 2017

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.