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Location

Ulva Island, Stewart Island
New Zealand

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/400 s, f/7.1, ISO 3200 
Image size 496 x 600 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Sattelvogel Dutch  Zadelrugspreeuw
Italian  Sellarossa Spanish  Tieke de Isla Sur

Comments

A rare endemic bird of New Zealand, so named from the bright chestnut plumage on its back which resembles a saddle. A better photo is shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleback_(bird) .




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    23/03/2011

North Island Saddleback
Philesturnus rufusater
Créadion de Lesson

Jean-Michel PAULUS