Caption

Eggs hatching in nest of the swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio (Pukeko), West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Date

Jun 17, 2007

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Lakeview Image Library

Reference

BRK24F21_268

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

23.2Mb (1.3Mb) / 11.7in x 7.7in / 3508 x 2315 (300dpi)

Keywords

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