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Southern Brown Kiwi
Southern Brown Kiwi
Apteryx australis
Aves
VULNERABLE

Stats

Lifespan
20-50 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
New Zealand
Movement
Walking
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Vulnerable

About

The southern brown kiwi, also known as tokoeka, is a flightless bird native to the South Island of New Zealand. Unlike its North Island cousin, the southern brown kiwi is nocturnal and spends its nights foraging for insects, spiders, and other invertebrates.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
  2. 2.
    hatchling
    A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Apterygiformes
Family
Apterygidae
Genus
Apteryx
Species
Apteryx australis