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11001-41114 Paradise Shelduck, or putangitangi (Tadorna variegata) female bathing in wetland. Paradide ducks have adapted well to the changing environment and are now common, with a population in the hundreds of thousands, whereas they were uncommon in the 19th century. Mount Cook *
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