Description ³

Adults: Black head, back and wings, with a white inner edge to the wings, white throat, chest and belly and sometimes a white patch on its back.

When in breeding condition they exhibit fleshy yellow growths on the face above the beak and a blue eye ring.
Juveniles: Pale brown with dull coloured facial skin.

Sources and Credits

1. Tony Wills, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Tony Wills
2. (c) Tony Wills, all rights reserved, uploaded by Tony Wills
3. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• Xeno-canto

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