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North Island Brown Kiwi
North Island Brown Kiwi
Apteryx mantelli
Aves
VULNERABLE

Stats

Lifespan
25-50 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 North Island brown kiwi is a nocturnal flightless bird and species of kiwi that is widespread in the northern two-thirds of the North Island of New Zealand. With about 35,000 remaining, it is the most common kiwi species.

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 mantelli