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Variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor), on a beach, Ulva Island, New Zealand

This is a New Zealand endemic. There are variable amounts of white on the plumage of birds; the further north in New Zealand one goes, in general the more white feathers the birds have. From a slide.

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Uploaded on October 25, 2021