Story: Birds of open country
The Antipodes Island subspecies is seen here on the island’s dominant vegetation – tussock. These birds are so unaccustomed to people that they hop about between a visitor’s feet, looking for dislodged invertebrates.
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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10047965
Photograph by J. L. Kendrick
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