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Apteryx owenii, commonly known as the Little Spotted Kiwi, is a species of bird belonging to the family Apterygidae. It is classified within the order Apterygiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The species is endemic to New Zealand.
Its IUCN conservation status is Near Threatened, a designation recorded in 2022. The organism has a mass of 285. Various institutions, including ROM, NHMUK, ANWC, UMZC, and CM, hold records related to this species.
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Species
Near ThreatenedLittle Spotted Kiwi
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApterygiformes
- FamilyApterygidae
コマダラキーウィ（Apteryx owenii）は、ダチョウ目キーウィ科キーウィ属に分類される鳥類。
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 245
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Apterygidae
- Collections
- ROM, NHMUK, ANWC, UMZC, CM, LSUMZ
- Recorded in
- New Zealand
Bird sounds
- call· New Zealand· quality A
- song· New Zealand· quality A
- song· New Zealand· quality A
- song· New Zealand· quality B
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- Commons category
- Apteryx owenii
- taxon name
- Apteryx owenii
- Commons gallery
- Apteryx owenii
- taxon common name
- quiuí-malhado-pequeno
- endemic to
- New Zealand
- sequenced genome URL
- www.ensembl.org/Apteryx_owenii
- short name
- A. owenii
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Encyclopedic overview
The little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii), also known as little grey kiwi or kiwi pukupuku, is a small flightless bird in the kiwi family, Apterygidae. It is the smallest of the five kiwi species, at about 0.9 to 1.9 kg (2–4+1⁄4 lb), about the size of a bantam. It is endemic to New Zealand, and in pre-European times occurred in both main islands, but is now mainly restricted to a number of small offshore islands and mainland reserves protected by pest-exclusion fences.
The little spotted kiwi was on the brink of extinction when a conservation effort took place 100 years ago. Five individuals were translocated from the South Island to Kapiti Island. Today, the Kapiti Island population has grown, with around 1200 birds. They were considered extinct on the mainland, with no sightings since 1978, until their rediscovery in the wild in 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apteryx owenii” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.