A second, rare white kiwi has hatched just months after the first, pleasantly surprising kiwi experts.
The chick hatched at the Pukaha Mount Bruce wildlife centre, north of Masterton, last Sunday, where Manukura, the world's first white kiwi hatched in captivity, arrived in May.
"We were gob-smacked really," centre manager Kathy Houkamau said.
"While every kiwi is precious, to have a second white chick is a delightful gift, especially at this time of year."
Local Maori have named the chick Mauriora, meaning "sustained life".
"This new kiwi is seen as an assurance that we are blessed with more than one special creature and there is potential for more," said Rangitane chief executive and Pukaha board member Jason Kerehi.
The birds are not albino - which is a lack of pigmentation - but a small number of North Island brown kiwi carry a recessive white gene, which both the male and female must have to produce a white chick.
It was remarkable that two birds with the rare white gene had paired up in 940-hectare Pukaha forest to produce two white chicks over two seasons, said Department of Conservation captive breeding ranger Darren Page.
"Both white birds have the same father, who we have identified through his transmitter. We can't identify the mother but assume she is the same because of the rarity of the white gene."
There is a one-in-four chance of such a pair producing a white chick.
Visitors to the centre should be able to see the new chick being hand-reared in the nursery from Boxing Day for approximately 10 days.
SOURCE: http://www.3news.co.nz/Rare-white-kiw...
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