Alternative name: Northern Brown Kiwi
- Apteryx mantelli
Identification
Length: 50 cm
- Long-billed
- Short-legged
- Tailless
- Wingless
- Dark greyish-brown
- Heavily streaked with reddish-brown and black
- Greyer on head
- Bill whitish to pinkish
- Legs pale brownish
Females are larger and longer-billed.
Distribution
North Island of New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It has long been considered conspecific with Southern Brown Kiwi and Okarito Brown Kiwi.
Habitat
Native forests. Also in shrublands, plantations, scrub and farmland.
Behaviour
Mainly a nocturnal species.
Breeding
Nests in burrows and natural cavities. Lays 1 to 3 eggs.
Diet
Worms and insect larvae, fallen fruit.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) North Island Brown Kiwi. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/North_Island_Brown_Kiwi
