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Apteryx mantelli (North Island Brown Kiwi)

Wikipedia Abstract

The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli; Apteryx australis or Apteryx bulleri 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, is the most common kiwi. This bird holds the world record for laying the largest eggs relative to its body size.
View Wikipedia Record: Apteryx mantelli

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Apteryx mantelli

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
65
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 16.7642
EDGE Score: 4.95663
View EDGE Record: Apteryx mantelli

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.434 lbs (2.465 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  325 grams
Female Weight [3]  6.515 lbs (2.955 kg)
Male Weight [3]  4.96 lbs (2.25 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  31.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  80 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  2
Egg Length [1]  4.921 inches (125 mm)
Egg Width [1]  3.071 inches (78 mm)
Fledging [1]  6 days
Incubation [4]  79 days
Maximum Longevity [4]  15 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Female Maturity [1]  4 years
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 11 months

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Emblem of

New Zealand

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4BirdLife International (2012) Species factsheet: Apteryx mantelli. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/09/2012.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0