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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]
Kiwi are notable for laying eggs that are very large in relation to their body size. A kiwi egg may equal 15 to 20 percent of the body mass of a female kiwi. The smallest species of kiwi is the little spotted kiwi, at 0.9 to 1.9 kilograms (2.0–4.2 lb) and 35 to 45 centimetres (14–18 in). [18]
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 A small population in the South Island and another on Stewart Island in New Zealand
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 ...
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 †A. o. iredalei (Mathews 1935) (North Island little spotted kiwi) EX late 19th century; A. o. owenii Gould 1847 (South Island little spotted kiwi) Apteryx rowi Tennyson et al. 2003 ...
Perhaps the most famous group of spiders that construct funnel-shaped webs is the Australian funnel-web spiders. There are 36 of them and some are dangerous as they produce a fast-acting and ...
Six came from a kiwi collected near the Totara River, 20 from a Smyth River specimen, and two more from Madman Creek, all in Westland. She named the species Kiwalges haastii, using the same specific epithet as the great spotted kiwi, which honours Canterbury Museum director Julius von Haast. [1] Slide-mounted holotype of Kiwialges haastii