Pūkeko
Photo by Vandy Pollard
The New Zealand Pukeko or Swamp Hen are found in swamps, streams or lagoons. Primarily vegetarian foraging for the stems, shoots, leaves and seeds of grasses - the bill is used to cut, rip or dig up plants and are considered to be an agricultural or garden pest. 70-200mm cropped.
Vandy Pollard - Excio Gallery
I’m a photographer living on the South Coast of Wellington New Zealand. with a passion for New Zealand birds, many of them with a conservation status of at risk.
