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Marcus
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Re: Pukeko
« Reply #1 on: Aug 26th, 2006, 5:36pm » |
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Just a point on the name: Pukeko is the Maori name, for what could be a separate species, but generally these birds are regarded as Purple Swamphens Porphyrio porphyrio. Mike Turnbull
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Marcus
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Re: Pukeko
« Reply #2 on: Aug 26th, 2006, 10:22pm » |
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Thanks Mike
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