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	New Zealand Birds \| Birds \| Gallery \| New Zealand dabchick, Poliocephalus rufopectus
		We have not as yet remarked that the bird covers the eggs on leaving the nest; this is a habit which many writers attribute to the grebes of Europe.”
		The dabchick is called Weweia by Maori from its occasional shrill call wee–ee–ee.
		These birds do not seem to suffer from the duck shooting season although it has been observed that the reflexes of grebes are so quick that when shot at they would dive underwater before the charge could reach it.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/weweia.html (725 words)

	Features: Pukepuke Lagoon Conservation Area
		The royal spoonbill (kotuku-ngutupapa) and variable oystercatcher (torea-pango visit the wetland occasionally.
		Two nationally threatened species: the New Zealand dabchick (weweia) and the Australasian bittern (matuku-hurepo) are also found here.
		Three wetland herbs which are rare elsewhere in the region have been found at Pukepuke.
	www.doc.govt.nz /templates/page.aspx?id=34782 (332 words)

	Unique New Zealand wildlife - Waikato, Rotorua, Taupo - Rotorua eruptions
		Although similar to our paradise duck, they can be distinguished by their fl head.
		One of the main populations of the rare New Zealand dabchick (weweia) is to be found here, and can often be seen around Mokoia Island, in Lake Rotorua, and in Lake Rotoiti.
		Scaup nested in many of the burial caves of this island, which offered particularly effective protection for them, given the respect the Maori had for the dead.
	www.ecotours.co.nz /Brian/wildlife/rotorua/eruptions.htm (2017 words)

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