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It’s the New Year and we’re in the early days of a big kākāpō breeding season. Daryl Eason from the Kākāpō Team tells Alison Ballance that Esperance and Ian are the second kākāpō to mate, and he expects that any minute now there will be plenty more birds mating. The kākāpō population drops to 236 birds. Science advisor Andrew Digby explains why every living kākāpō has had its genome sequenced, and what genes can reveal – including why some kākāpō have olive feathers and others are bright green. And we meet over-achievers Flossie and Blades.
Send any Kākāpō Files questions and comments to [email protected]
In this episode:
00:00 – Introduction
00:38 – Daryl Eason with news of the second mating of the season, what Pearl is up to and a death
05:10 – Andrew Digby talks genomes and feather colour
12:10 – Super breeders Flossie and Blades
14:08 - Closing credits
Learn more:
Guests:
Kākāpō Files is made in collaboration with the Department of Conservation’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme.
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
By RNZ4.9
2929 ratings
It’s the New Year and we’re in the early days of a big kākāpō breeding season. Daryl Eason from the Kākāpō Team tells Alison Ballance that Esperance and Ian are the second kākāpō to mate, and he expects that any minute now there will be plenty more birds mating. The kākāpō population drops to 236 birds. Science advisor Andrew Digby explains why every living kākāpō has had its genome sequenced, and what genes can reveal – including why some kākāpō have olive feathers and others are bright green. And we meet over-achievers Flossie and Blades.
Send any Kākāpō Files questions and comments to [email protected]
In this episode:
00:00 – Introduction
00:38 – Daryl Eason with news of the second mating of the season, what Pearl is up to and a death
05:10 – Andrew Digby talks genomes and feather colour
12:10 – Super breeders Flossie and Blades
14:08 - Closing credits
Learn more:
Guests:
Kākāpō Files is made in collaboration with the Department of Conservation’s Kākāpō Recovery Programme.
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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