Apteryx mantelli
This white Kiwi is on its way to a new home in Okarito Forest on the West Coast of the South Island.
Apteryx
Scientific Name:
Comprised of the genus followed by the species...
Megalapteryx, Megalapteryx didinus (South Island, New Zealand) - may have survived until historic times (syn.Megalapteryx benhami)
Struthionidae - Ostriches
Extinct species of extant genera ...
Kiwi Or apteryx, being the smallest of an order of a primitive flightless birds that includes also the ostrich, the emu, and the cassowary. The Maoris gave its name for its shrill, piping call, and is most closely related to the extinct moa.
Apteryx sp.
[New Zealand]
It is absolutely wonderful to see any of the 5 species of kiwi. Brown Kiwi is now split into three - North Island Brown Apteryx mantelli, Okarito Brown A. rowi, and Southern Brown A.
(k´w) or apteryx(p´trks), common name for the smallest member of an order of primitive flightless birds related to the ostrich, the emu, and the cassowary.
The Brown Kiwi, Apteryx mantelli is widespread in the northern two-thirds of the North Island and with about 35,000 remaining is the most common kiwi. Females stand about 400 mm high and weigh about 2.8 kg, the males about 2.2 kg.
Scientific name: Apteryx
Rank: Genus
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The Tokoeka, Apteryx australis, relatively common species of kiwi known from south and west parts of South Island that occurs at most elevations.
Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii (Roa)
Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii ( Kiwi-pukupuku)
Grebes
Australian Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus (Puteketeke) ...
2 Cruise in 1822 (Journ. Residence in New Zealand, p. 313) had spoken of an "emeu" found in that island, which must of course have been an Apteryx.
Little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii)
Yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni)
Bardick (Echiopsis curta)
Yellowfin grouper (Mycteroperca venenosa)
Argali (Ovis ammon)
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
Angola cave-chat (Xenocopsychus ansorgei) ...
The rheas belong to a group of birds known as ratites which includes the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) from Africa, the Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) and Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) from Australia and kiwis (Apteryx spp.) from New Zealand.
The kiwi is generally nocturnal (most active at night). It belongs to the group of ratites, flightless birds that also include the ostrich, emu, and rhea. There are 6 species of kiwi (genus Apteryx). The kiwi is in danger of extinction.
Observations on the anatomy and development of Apteryx. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B, 182:25-134. Parker, W. K. 1866. On the structure and development of the skull in the ostrich tribe.
 See also: Ostrich, Kiwi, Falcon, Kingfish, Kingfisher
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