Interface between captive and wild populations of New Zealand fauna

Abstract

New Zealand's isolation from other major land masses, since the breakup of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland, has led to the separate evolution of species with spectacular adaptations — the kiwi (Apteryx spp.) with its sense of smell, the huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) with its different feeding pattern for male and female and the kea (Nestor notabilis), the only alpine parrot in the world.