Okarito kiwi

Okarito kiwi
Adult Okarito kiwi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Apterygiformes
Family: Apterygidae
Genus: Apteryx
Species:
A. rowi
Binomial name
Apteryx rowi
Tennyson et al. 2003[2]
Synonyms
  • Apteryx rowi Burbidge et al. 2003 nomen nudum
  • Apteryx rowi Marsh 2003 nomen nudum

The Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi), also known as the rowi or Okarito brown kiwi, is a member of the kiwi family Apterygidae, described as new to science in 2003.[3] The species is part of the brown kiwi complex, and is morphologically very similar to other members of that complex. It is found in a restricted area of the Ōkārito forest on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island,[4] and has a population of only about 600 birds.[5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Apteryx rowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22732871A119169794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22732871A119169794.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill; et al. (2010). "Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica" (PDF) (4th ed.). Te Papa Press. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Clements was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Mills, Laura (13 December 2018). "Rare rowi kiwi to be released in Westland". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 26 October 2019.