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Takahē adult and chick

An adult takahē feeding it's two month old chick at Zealandia

Here an adult is takahē feeding it's two month old chick at Zealandia in 2019. When was old enough, the chick was removed by the Takahē Recovery Programme to become part of the wider takahē breeding population.

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Rights: Linton Miller
Published: 7 October 2019Size: 5.14 MB
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