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New Zealand swamp harrier

The swamp harrier is a large, tawny-brown bird of prey that occurs throughout New Zealand. It is an opportunistic hunter that searches for food by slowly quartering the ground with its large wings held in a distinctive shallow V-shape. It normally hunt's all day. The swamp harriers is mainly seen perching on fence post's or the side of the road. Swamp harriers also have really big eyes to spot it's prey like rabbit's reptiles, fish, frogs small mammals.

Swamp harriers are do not attack humans.