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Sand goes flying as a Stewart Island Weka (Gallirallus australis scotti) forages on Ulva Island shore, Stewart Island, New Zealand

Wekas are flightless rails, endemic to New Zealand. Unlike their timid counterparts elsewhere, wekas tend to show no fear while trying to raid tourists' bags for anything edible. Four geographically-determined subspecies occur.

Ulva Island, Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand, Australasia

Photo ID: NZS_03140_Stewart_Island_Weka_(Gallirallus_australis_scotti)_Ulva_Island_NZ_October_27_CrsEsA

File state: Final

Photo size: 33.6 Mpixels (96.1 MB uncompressed) - 6449x5206 pixels (21.4x17.3 in / 54.6x44.1 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: animal, australis, Aves, avian, avian fauna, avifauna, beach, beak, bill, biology, bird, coast, endemic, feed, food, forage, foraging, Gallirallus, Gruiformes, Island, kelp, Maori Hen, Martin Grace, native, natural history, nature, New Zealand, ornithology, plumage, rail, Rallidae, sand, scotti, seaweed, shore, Stewart, Ulva, weka, wild, wildlife, zoology

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