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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.
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]
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 (great spotted kiwi) VU; Apteryx mantelli Bartlett 1852 (North Island brown kiwi) VU; Apteryx owenii Gould 1847 (little spotted kiwi) NT
Conservationists have discovered two kiwi chicks in Wellington, the first wild births for the bird in the New Zealand capital in over 150 years.
New Zealand spent about $300,000 to eradicate a single male stoat from its Chalky Island wildlife sanctuary, raising eyebrows on social media over the high cost.
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Conservation efforts have continued but the birds still remain critically endangered with currently 300 adults known. [21] Digby is the scientist on the Takahē Recovery project giving advice on topics such as population dynamics, genetics, predator-prey interactions, avian diseases, and trials of new transmitters.
The West Coast Wildlife Centre is a kiwi-rearing facility in Franz Josef, New Zealand. A public-private partnership with the Department of Conservation and Te Rūnunga o Makaawhio of Ngāi Tahu, it hatches eggs of the kiwi species rowi and Haast tokoeka retrieved from the wild. It rears the chicks until they are large enough for transfer to ...