New Zealand Birds

11001-41915 Blue duck, or whio (Hymenoliamus malacorhynchos) DoC researcher Pete Mc Murtrie, radio-tracking a duck nesting in temperate rainforest. Recent genetic work suggests whio are unique within the Anatinae subfamily. Unlike all other NZ waterfowl, both living and extinct, they have no Australian relatives. Arthur River, Fiordland *

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11001-41915 Blue duck, or whio (Hymenoliamus malacorhynchos) DoC researcher Pete Mc Murtrie, radio-tracking a duck nesting in temperate rainforest. Recent genetic work suggests whio are unique within the Anatinae subfamily. Unlike all other NZ waterfowl, both living and extinct, they have no Australian relatives. Arthur River, Fiordland *

41915 Blue duck whio Hymenoliamus Pete Mc Murtrie Arthur River mountain duck Valley Fiordland malacorhynchos radio tracking