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The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae (/ ˌ æ p t ə ˈ r ɪ dʒ ə d iː /) and genus Apteryx (/ ˈ æ p t ər ɪ k s /). [5] Approximately the size of a domestic chicken , kiwi are the smallest ratites (which also include ostriches , emus , rheas , cassowaries and the extinct elephant birds and moa ).
The little spotted kiwi is a ratite and belongs to the Apterygiformes order, and the Apterygidae family. The genus name Apteryx means 'without wings' and the species is named owenii after Sir Richard Owen. [5] Only the nominate subspecies A. o. owenii survives.
Apterygidae. Apteryx. Name Binomial Name Status Distribution Great spotted kiwi: Apteryx haastii VU South Island, New Zealand Little spotted kiwi:
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Family Apterygidae Gray 1840 (kiwis) Genus †Proapteryx Worthy et al. 2013 †Proapteryx micromeros Worthy et al. 2013; Genus Apteryx Shaw 1813. Apteryx australis Shaw 1813 (southern brown kiwi or tokoeka) VU. A. a. lawryi (Rothschild 1893) (Stewart Island tokoeka) A. a. australis Shaw 1813 (Fiordland/Haast tokoeka) Apteryx haastii Potts 1872 ...
Palaeognathae (/ ˌ p æ l i ˈ ɒ ɡ n ə θ i /; from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaw') is an infraclass [1] of birds, called paleognaths or palaeognaths, within the class Aves of the clade Archosauria.
The Stewart Island tokoeka is the largest type of southern brown kiwi. It has red-brown feathers that resemble fur. It has small wings and a long, curved bill. [2] The nostrils are at the end of the bill, not at the top near the rest of its face.
The Okarito kiwi is a monotypic species, i.e. there are no recognised subspecies. [4] The genus name Apteryx stems from the Greek "without wings". [6] Originally assumed to be the same species as the Southern brown kiwi A. australis, DNA testing shows that the possible split off from this species was 8.2 million years ago, and the split from their closest relatives, the Northern Island brown ...