Two captive-reared birds of wild origin presumed to be Kakī/Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) were found to display plumage atypical of Kakī. We have combined genetic and non-genetic data to test the hypothesis that these birds are a product of brood parasitism by “non-kakī” [i.e. Poaka/Pied Stilt (Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus) or Kakī–Poaka hybrids]. We found that these atypically plumed birds have cytochrome b haplotypes and microsatellite alleles that could not be attributed to the putative Kakī parents associated with the nest, thus providing the first evidence for brood parasitism in Kakī.
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Overbeek, A. L., Hauber, M. E., Brown, E., Cleland, S., Maloney, R. F., & Steeves, T. E. (2017). Evidence for brood parasitism in a critically endangered Charadriiform with implications for conservation. Journal of Ornithology, 158(1), 333–337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-016-1375-x
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