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Category:Apteryx - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Apteryx

Description

Kiwis from New Zealand.
A very distinctive group of ratites. They have hair-like feathers, a long and slightly decurved bill and are flightless. They are mainly nocturnal.

Taxonomy

Apteryx is a genus in the family Apterygidae.
They are closely related to the extinct Moas.


Genus Apteryx viewedit
A. australis Southern Brown Kiwi
A. rowi Okarito Brown Kiwi
A. mantelli North Island Brown Kiwi
A. owenii Little Spotted Kiwi
A. haastii Great Spotted Kiwi


References

  1. 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

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Pages in category ‘Apteryx’

The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.

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