The Black Swan is a bit smaller than our mute swan, its weight does not exceed 7 kilograms, with a wingspan up to 2 meters. It is a bird endemic to Australia, introduced in 1860 on the grounds of New Zealand. To my luck, because even though I've seen them several times in Australia, the pictures taken there were not satisfying. More interesting ones were taken in Auckland, New Zealand in the vicinity of the speedway stadium. To my surprise, on the city pond probably dozens swans could be seen, and they seemed to be tame like our swans on the Baltic Sea in winter, or mallard ducks in city parks. Unfortunately, intense summer sun at midday diminished my joy by causing "overlighted" images. Too bad, because the blackness of their plumage, especially on the long neck, is not easy to expose properly. Swans themselves was not a problem but the lack of time really was  a problem, because it was the day of return to the country and so there was no option to be late, before the departure just a few hours were left. It was interesting that black swans photographed on the lake in New Zealand floated in the company of a large group of canada geese that there, just like here in Poland, are not endemic species.

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A U S T R A L I A – introduction text - A U S T R A L I A N    B U S T A R D
News gallery birds:
1.Australian bustard.2.Emu.3.Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo.4.White-faced Heron.5.Brolga.6.Green Figbird.7.Zebra Finch.8.Rainbow Lorikeet.9.Pheasant Coucal.10.Australian Pelican.11.Olive-backed Sunbird.12.Yellow Honeyeater.13.Apostlebird.14.Magpie Goose.15.Superb Fairywren. 16.Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.17.Noisy Friarbird.18.Straw-necked Ibis.19.Welcome swallow.20.Black Kite.21.Gala. 22.Plumed Whistling Duck.23.Dollarbird.24.Sacred Kingfisher.25.Masked Lapwing.26.Varied triller.27.Little friarbird. 28.Black-shouldered Kite.29.Laughing Kookaburra.30.Comb-crested jacana.31.Sharp-tailed sandpiper.32.Red-whiskered Bulbul.33.Peaceful Dove. 34.Bush stone curlew.  35.White-throated honeyeater.36.Australian Brushturkey.37.Noisy miner.38.New Holland Honeyeater. 39.Crimson Finch. 40.White-breasted Woodswallow.41.Australian King Parrot.42.Australian Wood Duck.43.Great Bowerbird.44.Little Pied Cormorant.45.Black-billed Koel.46.Australian Raven.47.Spangled drongo.48.Spiny-cheeked honeyeater.49.Willie Wagtail.50.Wedge-tailed Eagle.51.Common Myna.52.Lewin's Honeyeater.53.Eastern Spinebill.54.Chestnut-breasted Munia.55.Rainbow Bee-eater. 56.Blue-winged Kookaburra.57.Common bronzewing.58.Wandering whistling duck.59.Helmeted Friarbird.60.Crested Pigeon.61.Pied Currawong.62.Brown-backed honeyeater.63.Yellow-faced honeyeater.64.Grey-headed honeyeater.65Yellow-throated miner.66.Scaly-breasted munia.67.Masked Woodswallow.68.Hardhead.69.Pale-headed Rosella.70.Blue-faced Honeyeater.71.Grey Butcherbird.72.Australian magpie.73.Whistling kite.74.Black Swan.75.Royal Spoonbill.76.Double-barred Finch.77.Broad-billed Flycatcher.78.Australian Swamphen.79.Brown Falcon.80.Pied Butcherbird.81.White-browed scrubwren.82.Silvereye.83.Rufous-throated Honeyeater.84.Black-faced Cuckooshrike. 85.Red backed fairywren.86.Pacific black duck. 87.Magpie-lark. 88.Red winged parrot.89.Zitting Cisticola.90Cotton Pygmy Goose.91.Pallid Cuckoo. 92.Australian Kestrel.93.Crimson Rosella.94.Forest Kingfisher.95.Australian coot.96.Red-browed Finch.97.Australian White Ibis.98.Australasian Darter.99.Pied oystercatcher.100.Striated Heron.101.Cattle Egret.102.Great Egret.103.Intermediate Egret.104.Sooty Oystercatche.105.Green pygmy goose.106.Brush Wattlebird.107.White-heded Stilt.
News gallery reptiles:
1.Yellow Spotted Monitor. 2. Eastern blue-tongued lizard. 3.Jewel Rainbow. 4.Sand Monitor. 5.Nobbi Dragon. 6.Saw-shelled turtle.
News gallery mammals:
1. Dingo. 2. Flying fox. 3. Agile wallaby. 4. Eastern grey kangaroo. 5.Common wallaroo. 6.Whiptail Wallaby.
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New Zealand -introduction  - Kea.
1. Kea. 2. Tui 3. Weka. 4. California Quail. 5. New Zealand Pigeon. 6. White-fronted Tern. 7. Black-billed gull. 8. Red-biled gull. 9. Black-baked gull. 10. Fluttering shearwater. 11. Paradise Shelduck. 12. Song Thrush. 13. Common Redpoll. 14. Dunnock. 15. New Zealand Fantail. 16. New Zealand Bellbird. 17. Grey warbler. 18. Cormorant.19. European Goldfinch. 20.New Zealand sea lion.
And the species that were common to Australia and New Zealand:
20.White-faced Heron . 21. Pied oystercatcher. 22. Sooty Oystercatcher. 23. Masked Lapwing. 24. Welcome swallow. 25. Little Pied Cormorant. 26. Black Swan. 27. Australian coot. 28. Common Myna. 29. Australian Swamphen. 30. Silvereye. 31.White-headed Stilt.

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