- Apteryx rowi
Identification
Length: 50 cm
- Long-billed
- Short-legged
- Tailless
- Wingless
- Dark greyish-brown
- Streaked with reddish-brown and black
- Greyer on head
- Bill whitish to pinkish
- Legs pale brownish
Distribution
Endemic to the Okarito Forest on the west coast of South Island, New Zealand.
Population estimated at about 3000 birds.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It has long been considered conspecific with Southern Brown Kiwi and North Island Brown Kiwi.
Habitat
Forests
Behaviour
A mainly nocturnal species.
Diet
Worms and insect larvae, fallen fruit.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334108
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Okarito Brown Kiwi. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Okarito_Brown_Kiwi
