Koekoeā Quest - Looking for injured and dead long-tailed cuckoos

[Neil Fitzgerald]

Long-tailed cuckoos / koekoeā are returning. Often these birds come to grief hitting windows, and when they do I would love to get my hands on them.
I am working with DOC on a project investigating LTC movement (part of my PhD research), using satellite tags and genomics, and samples from injured or freshly dead koekoeā will be a valuable addition to the genomics work.

A little more info on this webpage where I hope to add updates once we start getting data: Koekoeā Quest

Injured koekoeā
If you find an injured koekoeā, please phone 0800 DOC HOT (0800 362 468), or contact your nearest DOC office or native bird rescue. Then, please let me know too I can liaise with them.

Freshly-dead koekoeā
If you find a freshly-dead koekoeā, please put it in a plastic bag, freeze it, and contact me as soon as possible.

You can contact me either through the Manaaki Whenua website or by clicking under my profile for contact info.

If you can help to spread the word, please do!
Thanks

[Neil Fitzgerald]

If anyone has ways and interest in helping spread the word, please feel free to share.
Thank you!

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