Day 19 'Threatened, Endangered, Extinct'
Whio / blue duck live in clear fast-flowing rivers, now mostly confined to high altitude segments of rivers in North and South Island mountain regions in Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Its shrill “whio” whistle above the noise of turbulent waters will usher in long-remembered encounters. Nesting females are especially vulnerable to mammalian predators, particularly stoats and possums, while rats and weka have been implicated in nest and egg destructions.
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