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Kōrero: Wading birds

New Zealand dotterel plumage

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New Zealand dotterel plumage

During breeding (top), the breast of male and female New Zealand dotterels becomes red, and is especially bright in males. After breeding (bottom), the red gives way to white underneath.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Department of Conservation

Reference: 10048690 (top); 10055988 (bottom)

by Peter Reese (top); Rosalind Cole (bottom)

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Gerard Hutching, Wading birds – Dotterels, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9167/new-zealand-dotterel-plumage (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.