Australian Coot : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Australian Coot / Geoff J Mckay
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Australian coot is a smart, dark-grey, duck-like waterbird, instantly recognisable from its bright white bill and frontal shield. Coots are related to gallinules – the branch of the rail family that includes pukeko and takahe. Out of the water, a coot’s stance is more like a small pukeko than a duck. But instead of the pukeko’s long thin toes, coots have broad fleshy lobes on their short toes, used to give propulsion when swimming. The Australian coot is a recent arrival in New Zealand, first recorded breeding here in 1958. Their colonisation partially fills the niche left vacant by the extinction of the New Zealand coot, which was widespread before the arrival of Maori. Coots are the most aquatic members of the rail family, and are less secretive than most other rails. Although they do graze on short grass, they spend most of their time in the water, bobbing their heads as they swim and making short dives after a little forward jump. (www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/) |
| 撮影日 | 2021-04-21 09:35:41 |
| 撮影者 | Geoff J Mckay , Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| カメラ | ILCE-7RM4 , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/500) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.6 |
| 焦点距離 | 300 mm |