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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 ).
Kiwilichus is a genus of feather mites in Kiwilichidae, a monotypic family of mites [1] that is endemic to New Zealand. Kiwi (Apteryx) are the host birds of the two species. Kiwilichus cryptosikyus is known to be hosted by southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis) and great spotted kiwi (Apteryx haastii), and Kiwilichus delosikyus by southern ...
The southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi [3] (Apteryx australis) is a species of kiwi from South Island of New Zealand. Until 2000 it was considered conspecific with the North Island brown kiwi , and still is by some authorities.
The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli; Apteryx australis or Apteryx bulleri [5] as before 2000, still used in some sources) is a species of kiwi that is widespread in the northern two-thirds of the North Island of New Zealand and, with about 35,000 remaining, [2] it is the most common kiwi species. The eggs laid by the North Island ...
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 .
Moturoa Island is home to a number of birds with eighty bird species recorded on or within about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of the island. [3]Nine bird species that were historically present on the islands have been successfully reintroduced.
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 ...
The North Island little spotted kiwi or North Island little grey kiwi (Apteryx owenii iredalei) is an extinct subspecies of the little spotted kiwi that was native to the North Island, New Zealand. [1] It was described by Gregory Mathews in 1935. Most subsequent authors do not recognise it or any other subspecies of Apteryx owenii. [2]