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Kōrero: Wetland birds

Distribution of paradise shelduck

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Distribution of paradise shelduck

Paradise shelducks or pūtangitangi live in the North, South and Stewart islands, in all but the steepest country.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: C. J. R. Robertson, P. Hyvönen, M. J. Fraser, and C. R. Pickard, Atlas of bird distribution in New Zealand, 1999–2004. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand, 2007

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Christina Troup, Wetland birds – Paradise shelducks – pūtangitangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/14627/distribution-of-paradise-shelduck (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Christina Troup, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.