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Great crested grebe with chick

A Great crested grebe carrying young while swimming.

A great crested grebe, of which pūteketeke is a subspecies, carries a chick across the water.

Rights: Andrey Gulivanov, CC-BY 2.0

Published: 13 February 2024,Updated: 13 February 2024Size: 6.04 MB

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