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woodhen

(ˈwʊdˌhɛn)
n
(Animals) NZ another name for weka
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His topics include Waza National Park and its panting birds in the arid Sahel woodland, Aguas Verdes in northern Peru: more positive ecotourism news, the Lord Howe Island woodhen: almost not there and back again, grey teal and breeding triggers in the Gum Swamp of New South Wales, Melbourne Cricket Grounds: a groggy gull, and the Great Western Woodland in Western Australia: the emu family.
Snuffle Nose [point], The Snuggery [Bay], Mt Sodom, Spit Beach, Starvation Stream Taylors Mistake [bay], Terrible Knob, The Great Unknown, Thisbe Stream, Three Duck Lake, Three Legged Woodhen Bay, The Tits [hill] Ugly River, Urchin Trig [peak], Useless Bay, Vampire Peak, Venison Top, Mt Vexation The Wart [hill], Wet Jacket Arm [sound], Whalesback [peak], Widow Hill, Wild Cow Gully, Wild Natives River, Womens Island, Wooden Peg [peak], Worlds End [channel]