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Stewart Island weka on beach

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Stewart Island weka on beach

Weka sometimes forage on beaches, picking through washed-up seaweed for sandhoppers, snails and other shoreline invertebrates. This is a Stewart Island weka.

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Gerard Hutching, Large forest birds – Weka, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10557/stewart-island-weka-on-beach (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 August 2023.