The Huia

Learn all about the extinct Huia and the title that it holds amongst all modern bird species!Support me to keep creating content: https://www.patreon.com/blurbs439Follow me on instagram: matt.rossellaReferences:Frith, C. B. (1997). Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris: Callaeidae)-like sexual bill dimorphism in some birds of paradise (Paradisaeidae) and its significance. Notornis, 44, 177-184.Lambert, D. M., Shepherd, L. D., Huynen, L., Beans-Picon, G., Walter, G. H., & Millar, C. D. (2009). The molecular ecology of the extinct New Zealand huia. PLoS One, 4(11), e8019.Monson, C. S. (2005). Cultural constraints and corrosive colonization: Western commerce in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the extinction of the huia. Pacific Studies, 28, 26-26.Selander, R. K. (1966). Sexual dimorphism and differential niche utilization in birds. The Condor, 68(2), 113-151.Tebbutt, S. J., & Simons, C. (2002). Gene sequences from New Zealand's extinct Huia. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 32(2), 327-335.Tomotani, B. M., Salvador, R. B., Sabadel, A. J., Miskelly, C. M., Brown, J. C., Delgado, J., ... & Bury, S. J. (2022). Extreme bill dimorphism leads to different but overlapping isotopic niches and similar trophic positions in sexes of the charismatic extinct huia. Oecologia, 198(1), 67-77.Books used for research:Birdstories - Geoff NormanBirds New Zealand (beauty like no other) - Paul Gibson      Complete Book of New Zealand Birds - Readers Digest Support the show