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The great spotted kiwi, great grey kiwi [3] or roroa (Apteryx maxima) [2] is a species of kiwi endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. The great spotted kiwi, as a member of the ratites , is flightless.
Conservation status ... Status Trend Notes Image Little spotted kiwi: ... Casuarius unappendiculatus: 3,500 – 15,000 [2] LC [2] [2] Great spotted kiwi:
Southern brown kiwi, tokoeka or common kiwi: South Island: Almost as big as the great spotted kiwi and similar in appearance to the brown kiwi, though its plumage is lighter in colour. It is relatively numerous. Ancient DNA studies have shown that, in prehuman times, the distribution of this species included the east coast of the South Island. [21]
Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years.
Chalky Island, a rugged yet lush 2-square-mile outcrop in the Pacific nation’s Fiordland, is home to the endemic Te Kākahu skink, the iconic little spotted kiwi and the kākāpō, the only ...
Status Distribution Great spotted kiwi: Apteryx haastii VU South Island, New Zealand Little spotted kiwi: Apteryx owenii LR/nt Multiple small islands in New Zealand Okarito kiwi: Apteryx rowi DD Okarito forest in New Zealand's South Island Southern brown kiwi: Apteryx australis VU
little spotted kiwi: The parasite most probably became extinct when the last individuals of its only host species were captured and, after routine veterinary antiparasitic treatments, re-introduced into predator-free islands.
Population status symbols are those of the Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. [2] The symbols and their meanings, in increasing order of peril, are: LC = least concern NT = near threatened VU = vulnerable EN = endangered CR = critically endangered EX = extinct