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Aka: Northern Brown Kiwi
Family: Apterigydae (Kiwi Family)
Status:
Endangered (listed by IUCN Redlist since
2000; no change since then)
Dogs and cats eat the chicks before they can breed in areas where mammalian pest control is not carried out. Only 5% of kiwi chicks survive to adulthood in these areas.
Southern Brown Kiwi
Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii)
Poor eyesight; highly developed sense of hearing, touch, and smell
Physical
Long, slender,
downward-curving bill
Shaggy, hair-like brown feathers; no tail
Bones with marrow
Nostrils located
at end of bill
Flightless (ratite);
lack of visible wings
Adult size: 5-7lbs., 40 cm
(Large commercially bred chicken)
Behavioral
Nocturnal
Distinctive "kee-wee" call; heard just before dawn and just after dusk
Diet of mainly invertebrates and berries; sniff out insects with excellent sense of smell and then dig out with slender bill
Lay 2-3 clutches per year with
1-2 eggs per clutch; Mate for life
Kiwi chick
Apteryx Mantelli
Interesting Information
The kiwi lays the largest egg in proportion to body size in the world.
New Zealand
Areas in brown indicate the North Island Brown Kiwi habitat
Interesting Information
Kiwi egg
Habitat:
Kiwi X-ray showing egg size relative to body size.
Kiwi chick raised in captivity.
Predatory Threats
House cat
Dogs
New Zealand
Predatory Threat
Ferret
Stoats, an invasive species, prey on kiwi chicks.
Information
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/106009818/0
http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/teachers/kjain/gallery/zoos/zr/virtual%20zoo/kiwi.html
http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/kiwinibrown.html
http://kiwifoundation.org.nz/northlandkiwi.html
http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=9818
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Island_Brown_Kiwi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi
Photos
http://www.waipoualodge.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/NorthIdBrownKiwi_KiwiEncounter_8410-SBernert-2.jpg
http://ourplanet.infocentral.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/kiwi2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:North_Island_Brown_Kiwi.png
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/naturelibrary/images/ic/464x261/n/no/north_island_brown_kiwi/north_island_brown_kiwi_map.gif
http://images.sciencedaily.com/2008/03/080312160247-large.jpg
http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/27/27C1E8CB-76B2-4A66-8F74-7C8B123D669C/Presentation.Large/North-Island-brown-kiwi-egg-in-palm-of-hand.jpg
http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/p10164doc.jpg
http://wildlifephotographynews.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/baby-kiwi-05.jpg
http://images.ourspace.tepapa.com/ImageMedium/Preview/2008/34/763bb804cc73515d629102c9db338e09.jpg
http://cdn2.arkive.org/media/E3/E377C54B-82C1-4379-9637-459A5C235A96/Presentation.Medium/North-Island-brown-kiwi-in-undergrowth.jpg
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/naturelibrary/images/ic/credit/640x395/s/st/stoat/stoat_1.jpg
http://cuteanimalsphoto.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/ferret.jpg
http://www.kiwisforkiwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/brown-kiwi_0233_rc_doc-496x292.jpg
http://www.fourcorners.co.nz/content/plugins/operator/images/800x600scale/RS003-05_884F3368-1125-AA4F-7196B0D876325EAF.jpg
http://biologos.org/uploads/static-content/Kitty.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Gwen_the_Border_Collie.jpg
http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/birds/kiwi/brown-kiwi-walking.jpg