Can someone help me with identification of a feather

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ben
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Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby ben » Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:52 am

Hi, recently I spent a few days off track in the Waioeka gorge. I came across this feather and cant recognise what species it might have come from. It was along way from the road and farm land so I dont think it came from an exotic species but I have no idea what it come from.
Can anyone recognise it please.
Cheers
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Davidthomas
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby Davidthomas » Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:16 am

It looks like a turkey feather to me. But I could be wrong.
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zarkov
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby zarkov » Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:46 am

Clinton alert!
Jim_j
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby Jim_j » Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:12 pm

Huia?
Is it near where Hunt for the Wilderpeople was filmed....?
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bruce.shanks
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby bruce.shanks » Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:32 pm

My pick is Turkey.
Clinton9
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby Clinton9 » Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:50 pm

Turkey under tail covert feather.
ben
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby ben » Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:15 am

At first I thought Huia but after looking at photos I think the black part is not long enough. I attached a photo from where it came from
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Oscar Thomas
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby Oscar Thomas » Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:17 pm

The feather looks a bit large for something the size of a Huia... plus the only white on them was the tail tip and that isn’t a tail feather.
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David Riddell
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby David Riddell » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:18 am

Does seem a strange place to find a turkey feather, but that's what it looks like to me too. I guess the thing with feathers is they're proverbially light and if one got picked up in a stiff breeze it could travel quite a distance.
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Re: Can someone help me with identification of a feather

Postby Clinton9 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:29 pm

Here's photo of under tail covert feathers of live adult male turkey I caught at farm whose I worked.

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