Putangitangi - Paradise shelduck - Tadorna variegata - Adult female with fledgling
The paradise shelduck is a colourful, conspicuous and noisy waterfowl that could be mistaken for a small goose. It has undergone a remarkable increase in population and distribution since about 1990, including the colonisation of sports fields and other open grassed areas within urban environments. This expansion has occurred in the face of being a gamebird and hunted annually.
Photographed on O Te Wairewa/Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand
Putangitangi - Paradise shelduck - Tadorna variegata - Adult female with fledgling
The paradise shelduck is a colourful, conspicuous and noisy waterfowl that could be mistaken for a small goose. It has undergone a remarkable increase in population and distribution since about 1990, including the colonisation of sports fields and other open grassed areas within urban environments. This expansion has occurred in the face of being a gamebird and hunted annually.
Photographed on O Te Wairewa/Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, New Zealand