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https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1162-native-bird-adaptations#:~:text=Kiwi%20have%20fine%20whiskers%20at,karaka%2C%20miro%20and%20tawa%20trees.

Native birds in a changing environment

"Many New Zealand birds are poorly adapted to an environment that has changed greatly over time.

Their environment has changed enormously over the past 1000 years – primarily due to colonisation by human settlers. Humans introduced mammalian predators, cleared native bush, resulting in a loss of natural habitat for birds, and hunted birds as a food source."