Southern Brown Kiwi

소개

남부 갈색 키위는 뉴질랜드 남섬에 서식하는 키위 새입니다. 날개가 퇴화하여 날지 못하며, 긴 부리로 낙엽 속을 뒤져 지렁이와 곤충을 찾습니다. 밤에 주로 활동하는 새입니다.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
체중	2602.5 g	91.80 oz

식별

깃털

Dense, hair-like brown feathers streaked with rufous and dark brown give a shaggy appearance. No visible wings. Sexes similar; females notably larger. Cryptic plumage blends with forest floor.

Habitat & Range

Dense temperate rainforest, scrubland, and tussock grassland in South Island and Stewart Island, New Zealand. Nests in burrows or hollow logs. Requires thick ground cover and moist soils rich in invertebrates.

🌲 Forest 🌾 Grassland

분포 지역

Restricted to South Island and Stewart Island, New Zealand. Flightless and sedentary in dense native forest and scrubland year-round.

Diet & Feeding

Nocturnal probe-feeder extracting earthworms, beetle larvae, and weta from moist forest soils using olfactory detection at bill tip.

보전 상태

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

행동 및 번식

둥지

Nest type: BU,CV. Incubation: 75-84 days. Fledging: 5-6 days.

산란 수

1-3

소리

노래

A loud, repeated 'kee-wee' shriek — the female's call that gives kiwis their name. Males give a higher-pitched, softer 'ki-wi'. Calls carry far through native forest at night.

분류학

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
목	Apterygiformes (Kiwis)
과	Apterygidae (Kiwis)
Genus	Apteryx
종	Apteryx australis

Distribution

Southern Brown Kiwi has been recorded in 1 countries.

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출현 Not recorded

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🇳🇴 Norway

External Databases

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What does the Southern Brown Kiwi eat?

Nocturnal probe-feeder extracting earthworms, beetle larvae, and weta from moist forest soils using olfactory detection at bill tip.

Where does the Southern Brown Kiwi live?

Dense temperate rainforest, scrubland, and tussock grassland in South Island and Stewart Island, New Zealand. Nests in burrows or hollow logs. Requires thick ground cover and moist soils rich in invertebrates.

Is the Southern Brown Kiwi endangered?

The Southern Brown Kiwi has a conservation status of Vulnerable.

How does the Southern Brown Kiwi nest?

Nest type: BU,CV. Incubation: 75-84 days. Fledging: 5-6 days.

What does the Southern Brown Kiwi sound like?

A loud, repeated 'kee-wee' shriek — the female's call that gives kiwis their name. Males give a higher-pitched, softer 'ki-wi'. Calls carry far through native forest at night.

How big is the Southern Brown Kiwi?

The Southern Brown Kiwi has a weight of 2602.5 g.

What order and family does the Southern Brown Kiwi belong to?

The Southern Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis) belongs to the order Apterygiformes and the family Apterygidae.