Kōrero: Wading birds

Black–pied stilt hybrid

Black–pied stilt hybrid

Black stilts frequently breed with pied stilts, possibly because, being scarce, they cannot easily find an available mate of the same species. Hybrids are only half as likely to survive as chicks resulting from intra-species mating.

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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10035966
Photograph by Dave Murray

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Gerard Hutching, 'Wading birds - Stilts', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9160/black-pied-stilt-hybrid (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015