Friends,
I was surprised to see in the latest updates for Clements that recognition
of Okarito Brown Kiwi A.rowi.
I would be glad to recived a copy of the paper by Tennyson, A. J. D., R. L.
Palma, H. A. Robertson, T. H. Worthy and B. J. Gill (2003) A new species of
kiwi (Aves, Apterygiformes) from Okarito, New Zealand. Records of the
Auckland Museum, 40: 55-64.
I have grave suspecions, which may turn out to the quite wrong, I admit,
that this is a conservation-motivated split. I knew about these populations
of deviant Kiwis, but always assumed that they were simply the products of
extreme inbreeding.
I have equal doubts about the split of Apteryx mantelli North Island Brown
Kiwi from A. australis South Island Brown Kiwi. Can anyone tell me where
this split was justified?
Thanks,
John Penhallurick
86 Bingley Crescent
FRASER, A.C.T. 2615
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