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With its long decurved bill and brown body, the curlew resembles the kiwi. So when the first Polynesian settlers arrived, they may have applied the word kiwi to the newfound bird. [11] The bird's name is spelled with a lower-case k and, being a word of Māori origin, normally stays as kiwi when pluralised. [12] [failed verification]
The little spotted kiwi or little grey kiwi [2] (Apteryx owenii) is a small flightless bird in the kiwi family, Apterygidae. It is the smallest of the five kiwi species, at about 0.9 to 1.9 kg (2– 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 lb), about the size of a bantam .
Brown Kiwi in Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Date: 1 January 2002, 23:47:22: Source: originally posted to Flickr as 2001-12-02 01-03 Neuseeland 375: Author: Allie_Caulfield: Permission (Reusing this file)
Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years.
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 ...
Kiwi are placed in the ratite family, which also includes the emu, ostrich, rhea, [7] and cassowary, as well as the extinct moa of New Zealand and elephant birds of Madagascar. All ratites are flightless. [8] While it was long presumed that kiwi were closely related to moa, recent DNA research identified elephant birds as kiwi's closest relatives.
The southern brown kiwi, like all kiwi, has two functioning ovaries, however only the left oviduct functions, allowing eggs from both ovaries to pass through. It is a monogamous species and once paired up, they will defend their territories with warning calls. The size of their territory is between 4.9 and 43 hectares (12 and 106 acres).
Kiwi most commonly refers to: Kiwi (bird), a flightless bird native to New Zealand; Kiwi (nickname), an informal name for New Zealanders; Kiwifruit, an edible hairy ...