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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 ).
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 .
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 brown kiwi. [2] Species: [1] Kiwilichus cryptosikyus Gaud & Atyeo, 1970; Kiwilichus delosikyus Gaud & Atyeo, 1970
Relationships in the genus Apteryx [6] Before the great spotted kiwi was known to science, several stories circulated about the existence of a large kiwi called the Maori roaroa. In 1871, two specimens were brought to the Canterbury Museum , where they were identified as a new species and were named after the museum's curator, Dr. Haast.
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.
Articles relating to the Kiwi (genus Apteryx), flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. There are five extant species. There are five extant species. Approximately the size of a domestic chicken , kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites (which also include ostriches , emus , rheas and cassowaries ).
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 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]