Behavioural portrait of a Australasian swamphen (pukeko in Maori) Porphyrio melanotus feeding on grass stems at Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia.

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The Australasian swamphen is a species of swamphen occurring in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, it is known as the pukeko. The species used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen.

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Size: 3712px × 5568px
Location: Yungaburra, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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