Grallards: New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species?
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
Unfortunately for the hunters these were already all extinct, and with the introduction of cats, rats, stoats and the like the only upland game bird, the New Zealand Quail , was fast on the way out too. Indeed, by 2008, when I first really became aware of the issue, the West Coast of South Island was pretty much their only stronghold.
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