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Kererū in flight

Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) in flight

A view of a kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) showing the purple-bronze iridescence on the mantle feathers (the area on the back below the neck) and the flight feathers.

Rights: Shellie Evans, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Published: 16 May 2019Size: 2.31 MB

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