New Zealand pipit and pūtangitangi paradise shelduck, colonized Aotearoa at the start of the Ice Age, most likely from Australia. Lead author Dr. Pascale Lubbe, of the Department of Zoology ...
New Zealand has seen equally radical shifts in ... pūtangitangi (paradise shelduck) and pīhoihoi (pipit). Where did these "invaders" come from? Principally, from Australia.