Popular Science of Birds (124):
【Giant Water Chicken】:
Refers to the short-winged waterfowl (extinct) distributed in the North Island of New Zealand and the South Island of the South Island, and the remaining Southern Buzzard is the genus Purple WaterFowl of the Family Buzzard; Body length 63 cm, wingspan up to 110 cm; Its clumsy shape does not fly, the red beak has thick roots and degenerate wings; The head is blue like a rainbow, the chest is dark blue, and the shoulders are peacock blue; The circles of the eyes, neck and legs are red; The back and wings are bluish green , and the tail is shorter. It is now found only in the fjord mountains of New Zealand, as well as on four nearby outlying islands with no predators; They can only run and can't fly, and they have only one companion in their lives.
The southern buzzard habitat is in beech forests and bushes in winter and on alpine meadows in summer; They eat nutrient-rich grass roots in the summer and grass seeds and fern rhizomes, insects and small lizards in the winter. They are invaded by a large number of exotic animals due to their wanton capture by the local Maori people; Destruction of their habitat and lack of food; Its population has been greatly reduced, with an estimated number of fewer than 300 left, and it has been listed as an endangered species of the IUCN Red Ben - Endangered (EN).
