An Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) walking in the wetland filled with green aquatic plants, foraging for food in the habitat, flicking its tail, showing territorial behaviour.

Least Bittern Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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American Bittern Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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During our summer break we're working hard to keep the wheels on the Love Bittern Van going... Community conservation of Bittern is not currently funded through National partnerships. You might also be surprised that even though Matuku-hūrepo, our native Bittern are at a high and immediate risk of extinction with only 800 birds estimated left, that we have been turned down for the last 3 years to get funding at a national level from the likes of DOC, WWF, Forest & Bird and Air NZ Most other bird

Rarely seen and hardly ever heard, secretive 'bunyip bird' spotted breeding for the first time in 40 years

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