Anatomical Specializations for Nocturnality in a Critically Endangered Parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

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Anatomical Specializations for Nocturnality in a Critically Endangered Parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

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The shift from a diurnal to nocturnal lifestyle in vertebrates is generally associated with either enhanced visual sensitivity or a decreased reliance on vision. Within birds, most studies have focused on differences in the visual system across all birds with respect to nocturnality-diurnality. The critically endangered Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), a parrot endemic to New Zealand, is an example of a species that has evolved a nocturnal lifestyle in an otherwise diurnal lineage, but nothing ...

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10 Aug, 2011

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Jeremy R. Corfield / Anna C. Gsell / Dianne Brunton / Christopher P. Heesy / Margaret I. Hall / Monica L. Acosta / Andrew N. Iwaniuk

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022945

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anatomical / specializations / nocturnality / critically / endangered / kakapo / Evolutionary Biology / Neuroscience / Physiology

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