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A White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) has just tossed a small crab into the entrance to its throat before swallowing it, Miranda, Firth of Thames, North Island, New Zealand
A species that introduced itself during the 19th Century and has become extremely widespread and numerous in just the last 60 years
Photo ID: NZN_1245_White-Faced_Heron_(Ardea_novaehollandiae)_Miranda_Firth_of_Thames_NZ_North_Island_October_10_CrsESsA
Photo size: 13.9 Mpixels (39.7 MB uncompressed) - 4550x3053 pixels (15.2x10.2 in / 38.5x25.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: animal, Ardeidae, Auckland, Aves, avian, avian fauna, avifauna, beak, bill, biology, bird, Ciconiiformes, coast, crab, eat, Egretta, Firth, food, heron, hunt, Island, Martin Grace, Miranda, native, natural history, nature, New, New Zealand, North, novaehollandiae, NZ, ornithology, plumage, self-introduced, swallow, Thames, throat, water, waterbird, White-Faced, wild, wildlife, Zealand, zoology
Published in: All Birds, White-Faced Heron
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