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Authors
Forsdick, Natalie J.
Alexander, Alana
Brown, Liz
Maloney, Richard F.
Steeves, Tammy E.
Knapp, Michael
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ornithological Society of New Zealand (Birds New Zealand Research Fund)
University of Otago (Doctoral Scholarship)
Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, New Zealand
Royal Society Te Apārangi (Rutherford Discovery Fellowship)
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Article History
Received: 21 May 2024
Accepted: 18 November 2024
First Online: 28 November 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All samples were collected and held under appropriate permits. Samples from Australian pied stilts were provided under the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia Specimen Licence Agreement (Import Permit: 2016061954). Samples from poaka held at Auckland Zoo were collected with approval from the Auckland Zoo Animal Ethics Committee. All modern kakī, poaka, or hybrid samples were collected as part of standard operating procedures by the Aotearoa New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) Kakī Recovery Programme under the approval of the DOC Animal Ethics Committee as necessary (AEC #283).
