Michael Potts
Wildlife and Landscape Photography

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New Zealand Blue Duck  in rapids

New Zealand Blue Duck in rapids

Location: North Island. New Zealand.
Ref: MP027
From the gallery: Wildfowl

Blue ducks are endemic to New Zealand. They feed on fast flowing rivers where they take invertebrate larvae from the rocks. The bill has soft protective flaps on both mandibles to protect it from damage when foraging in the gravels of the river bottom.