Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Kivi Mal, Kivi Owenuv
Common Names in Danish:
Kiwi
Common Names in Dutch:
Kleine Grijze Kiwi
Common Names in English:
Kiwi-Pukupuku, Little Spotted Kiwi
Common Names in Finnish:
Pikkukiivi
Common Names in French:
Kiwi d'Owen
Common Names in German:
Kleiner Fleckenkiwi, Zwergkiwi
Common Names in Italian:
Di Owen, Kiwi Macchiato Minore
Common Names in Japanese:
Komadaraki-Wi, Komadarakiawi, コマダラキ−ウィ
Common Names in Latin:
Apteryx owenii
Common Names in Lithuanian:
Ma
Common Names in Maori:
Kiwi Pukupuku
Common Names in Norwegian:
Liten Flekkiwi
Common Names in Polish:
Kiwi Maly
Common Names in Slovak:
Kivi P
Common Names in Spanish:
Kivi Peque, Kiwi Moteado Menor
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,717 meters (0 to 15,476 feet).[1]
Ecology:
It is present in all available habitats
on Kapiti, including mature
broadleaf forest
, regenerating forest and grassland4.
It eats invertebrates
, but also fallen fruits and leaves2.
It lays
just one egg
, usually in a burrow. Chicks hatch
fully-feathered,
and first leave the nest
unaccompanied after about a week. It normally
begins to breed
at around three years of age7.
Mean life expectancy is estimated at 45 (27-83) years8.
[2].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Palaeognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Apterygimorphae
()
- Order:
Apterygiformes
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Suborder:
Casuarii
()
- Family:
Apterygidae
()
- G.R. Gray, 1840
- Genus:
Apteryx
()
- Shaw, 1813
- Specific name:
owenii
- Gould 1847
- Scientific name: - Apteryx owenii Gould, 1847 Gould 1847
- Specific name:
owenii
- Gould 1847
- Genus:
Apteryx
(
- Family:
Apterygidae
(
- Suborder:
Casuarii
(
- Order:
Apterygiformes
(
- Superorder:
Apterygimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Palaeognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Apteryx oweni • Apteryx oweni Gould • Apteryx oweni Gould, 1847
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 27-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Apteryx
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. australis (Southern Brown Kiwi) · A. australis australis (Southern Brown Kiwi) · A. australis lawryi (Southern Tokoeka) · A. haastii (Great Spotted Kiwi) · A. mantelli (Northern Brown Kiwi) · A. owenii (Little Spotted Kiwi) · A. owenii iredalei (Northern Little Spotted Kiwi) · A. owenii owenii (Little Spotted Kiwi) · A. rowi (Okarito Brown Kiwi)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 35.
- A history of the birds of New Zealand / London: John van Voorst, 1873 url , p. 368.
- Animate creation: popular edition of "Our living world": a natural history / by the Rev. J.G. Wood. New York: Selmar Hess, c1898. url p. 513.
- Animate creation; popular edition of "Our living world" a natural history, by the Rev. J. G. Wood. Revised and adapted to American zoology, by Joseph B. Holder. .. New York, S. Hess[c1885] url p. 513.
- Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. London: Witherby. url p. 58.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 202, p. 250.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 10, p. 11, p. 11.
- Handbook to The birds of Australia. By John Gould. LondonPub. by the author, 1865. url p. 573, p. 573, p. 574.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 206, p. 215, p. 215, p. 233.
- Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art. systematically arranged by J.G. Heck. Translated from the German, with additions, and edited by Spencer F. Baird. .. illustrated by five hundred steel plates, containing upwards to twelve thousand en New York, R. Garrigue, 1851. url p. 377.
- Ornithological miscellany / 1 1876 London: Trübner and Co., Bernard Quaritch, R.H. Porter, 1876-1878. url , p. 10, p. 15, p. 18, p. 20, p. 21, p. 25, p. 310, p. 5, p. 8, p. 9.
- Outlines of general zoology. New York [N.Y.]: Rudolph Garrigue, 1851. url p. 377, p. 377.
- Postilla. 1987 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 4, p. 8.
- Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow. Glasgow, Natural History Society of Glasgow. url , , .
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 554.
- Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 8.
- The collected scientific papers of the late Alfred Henry Garrod, M.A., F.R.S. / edited, with a biographical memoir of the author, by W.A. Forbes. London: R.H. Porter, 1881. url p. 176, p. 206.
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 34, p. 35, p. 36, p. 362, p. 362, p. 363, p. 363, p. 369, p. 369, p. 39, p. 39, p. 40.
- World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 1, p. 2.
- Zoological classification; a handy book of reference with tables of the subkingdoms, classes, orders, etc., of the animal kingdom, their characters and lists of the families and principal genera. London, J. Van Voorst, 1880. url p. 230.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2008. Apteryx owenii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2152
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-553789
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14160869
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 553789
- IUCN ID: 192242
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2173
Footnotes
- Mean = 865.420 meters (2,839.304 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,163.040 based on 11,770 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- BirdLife International 2008. Apteryx owenii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
