North Island brown kiwi: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the North Island brown kiwi lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Apteryx mantelli
Group	Ostriches, emus, kiwis & rheas
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	2.25 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.96 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Apterygiformes
Family	Apterygidae

Where does the North Island brown kiwi live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the North Island brown kiwi in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to New Zealand.

New Zealand

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a North Island brown kiwi?

Wikidata records the following for the North Island brown kiwi: mass 2.25 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.96 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the North Island brown kiwi endangered?

The North Island brown kiwi’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the North Island brown kiwi?

The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) is a bird in the order Apterygiformes and the family Apterygidae, genus Apteryx. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the North Island brown kiwi

The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) is a nocturnal flightless bird and species of kiwi that is widespread in the northern two-thirds of the North Island of New Zealand and, with about 35,000 remaining, it is the most common kiwi species. The eggs laid by the North Island brown kiwi are among the largest eggs relative to its body size.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article North Island brown kiwi (revision 1374578181), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q734829 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).