Kiwi facts: New Zealand's flightless birds | Animal Fact Files
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Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. They are at risk of extinction, but current conservation efforts are helping to stabilize their populations. Kiwi are about the size of a chicken, but lay egg that make up 20% of their body mass! These little birds have strong feet they'll use to fight off intruders, including people! Kiwi chicks hatch fully developed, so kiwi parents don't have to feed them. These birds have become a national symbol of New Zealand.
Scientific Name: Genus - Apteryx
Range: New Zealand
Size: average - 20 inches (50.8cm) long; 6.5lb (3kg) in weight
Diet: invertebrates like earthworms, crayfish, snails, millipedes, etc; also berries
Lifespan: 50+ years (though average is much shorter due to predation)
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Image and Video Credits:
rafalcisek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDF4UTpSscc
Vincent Ollivier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObOKrtgXWWI
Department of Conservation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNyVqCgLxB4; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lPqPBXbjiI; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a6TL6HS17k; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7FQLxaQeY
David Craig - https://flickr.com/photos/caspian_tern/3280681577; https://flickr.com/photos/caspian_tern/3281478694
Larry Koester - https://flickr.com/photos/larrywkoester/47784812121
Andy Rogers - https://flickr.com/photos/cobaltfish/37728690012
Kimberly Collins - https://flickr.com/photos/114706196@N08/12277778395
James St. John - https://flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/8365396516
Allie_Caulfield - https://flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/2795125527
Jim, the Photographer - https://flickr.com/photos/jcapaldi/9249951024
Mosborne01 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiwi_chasing_stewart_island_nz.ogv; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiwi_feeding_mason_bay_nz.ogv; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiwi_feeding_in_fern_mason_bay_nz.ogv
Zureks - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of_eggs_by_Zureks.jpg
Ngai Tahu Tourism - https://vimeo.com/281368386; https://vimeo.com/287948578; https://vimeo.com/282619178; https://vimeo.com/284074878; https://vimeo.com/284074933
tdes - https://freesound.org/people/tdes/sounds/155767
xeroks - https://freesound.org/people/xeroks/sounds/90209
tollbooth - https://freesound.org/people/tollbooth/sounds/124935
Research Credits:
https://www.kiwisforkiwi.org/about-kiwi/kiwi-facts-characteristics
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/kiwi/facts
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/kiwi
https://www.wwf.org.nz/what_we_do/species/kiwi
https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=Apteryx&searchType=species
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnXgovq8GUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_fHZF80TI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Ml36QHzVk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmkUpu7_Aic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OkCl0txAfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_7B57Fr5c