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Ngutuparore - wrybill - Anarhynchus frontalis

Photographed on Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere at the start of the 2015/16 breeding season as the birds return to the South Island after their winter in the north.

Ngutuparore are endemic to New Zealand and the only bird in the world with a bill that bends sideways.

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Uploaded on August 25, 2015
Taken on July 21, 2015