North Island brown kiwi | |
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North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) | |
Male song | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Apterygiformes |
Family: | Apterygidae |
Genus: | Apteryx |
Species: | A. mantelli
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Binomial name | |
Apteryx mantelli Bartlett, AD, 1852[2]
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The distribution of North Island brown kiwi | |
Synonyms | |
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The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli; Apteryx australis or Apteryx bulleri[5] as before 2000, still used in some sources) is a species of kiwi that is widespread in the northern two-thirds of the North Island of New Zealand and, with about 35,000 remaining,[2] it is the most common kiwi species. It holds the world record for laying the largest eggs relative to its body size.[6]