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Research | Open Access

Hybridisation in kiwi (Apteryx; Apterygidae) requires taxonomic revision for the Great Spotted Kiwi

Lara D. Shepherd1 ( ), Alan J. D. Tennyson1, Hugh A. Robertson2, Rogan M. Colbourne2, Kristina M. Ramstad3
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Biodiversity Group Department of Conservation, PO Box 10420, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Department of Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, SC, 29801, USA
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Abstract

Background

Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) are flightless ratites from New Zealand whose numbers and distributions have declined following human arrival. Some of the kiwi species are known to hybridise but the extent of hybridization is unknown.

Methods

We reviewed hybridisation in kiwi (Apteryx spp.) and present new genetic data examining the extent of hybridisation between Rowi (A. rowi) and Little Spotted Kiwi (A. owenii) at Okarito, the location of the only remaining natural population of the threatened Rowi. We also genetically examined the syntype specimens of A. haastii Potts, 1872, collected from near Okarito in the 1870s, which have unusual morphologies.

Results

We found evidence of recurrent hybridisation between Rowi and Little Spotted Kiwi over the last 150 years, including one F1 hybrid found in the last 15 years, despite Little Spotted Kiwi's likely extinction on the mainland in the 1970s. However, we found little evidence of introgression of Little Spotted Kiwi alleles into the extant Rowi population. The syntype specimens of A. haastii were also found to be hybrids between Little Spotted Kiwi and Rowi.

Conclusions

Our genetic analyses indicate that, although we detected multiple instances of hybridisation between Rowi and Little Spotted Kiwi, it does not appear to be an ongoing threat to Rowi. Because the syntype specimens of A. haastii are hybrids and therefore not representative of the prevailing usage of the name for the Great Spotted Kiwi (A. haastii), we resurrect the nomen oblitum A. maxima Sclater and Hochstetter, 1861 for the large spotted kiwi species.

Keywords

DNAApteryx Apteryx haastii HybridisationKiwiTaxonomy

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Avian Research
Volume 12 Issue 1,
January 2021
Article number: 24
DOI: 10.1186/s40657-021-00257-6
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Shepherd LD, Tennyson AJD, Robertson HA, et al. Hybridisation in kiwi (Apteryx; Apterygidae) requires taxonomic revision for the Great Spotted Kiwi. Avian Research, 2021, 12(1): 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-021-00257-6

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Received: 01 October 2020
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