New Zealand Birds

11001-41106 Paradise Shelduck, or putangitangi (Tadorna variegata) female in tussock grassland. 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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11001-41106 Paradise Shelduck, or putangitangi (Tadorna variegata) female in tussock grassland. 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 *

Paradise duck shelduck putangitangi 41106 Tadorna variegata female tussock grassland Mount Cook game acclimatised sports