New Zealand Birds

11001-52303 Australian coot (Fulica atra australis) one of M F Soper's historic photographs proving the first recorded breeding in NZ. Taken at Lake Hayes in 1958. Here one chick is hatching, watched by its parent. New Zealand had two species of native coot, that are now extinct, but they were probably terrestrial *

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11001-52303 Australian coot (Fulica atra australis) one of M F Soper's historic photographs proving the first recorded breeding in NZ. Taken at Lake Hayes in 1958. Here one chick is hatching, watched by its parent. New Zealand had two species of native coot, that are now extinct, but they were probably terrestrial *

52303 Coot Australalian Fulica atra australis M F Soper historic photograph first recorded breeding Lake Hayes 1958 hatching chick mike soper