North Island brown kiwi

Apteryx mantelli · Apterygidae

The North Island brown kiwi 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.

Where the North Island brown kiwi lives

Recorded in New Zealand (Oceania).

Most records fall in Northland, Waikato, Taranaki, Manawatu-Wanganui, Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay.

See the North Island brown kiwi’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 3,030 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.