74 Eastern Yellow Robin

About this episode

Learn about the life of the Eastern Yellow Robin and discover what makes this bird so special, from behaviours to genetics, with ornithologist Lana Austin.

Resources

• Eastern Yellow Robin Project

• Monash University’s Wildlife Genetic Management Group

• Earthcare St Kilda

• Bird recordings by Marc Anderson licenced from – wildambience.com

• Weekend Birder Google Map

Meet the Guest

Lana Austin has been working as a professional ornithologist around the world for many years. To name a few, she has been lucky enough to work with macaws in Peru, toucans in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and razorbills on the Isles of Scilly (UK). But in 2019 she decided to return to study to attempt to answer one of life’s biggest questions – are mitonuclear incompatibilities an under-appreciated cause of outbreeding depression? You’ve been wondering yourself, right?! In her free time, Lana moonlights as the President of Earthcare St Kilda, enjoys taking her cats for walks, and doing multi-day hikes.

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