If you have seen a Kiwi anywhere outside of New Zealand it is a North Island Brown Kiwi. This species is found over the northern two thirds of the north island of New Zealand.

These relatively small Ratites are residents of native and introduced forests.

Classification

Order:  Struthioniformes
Family:  Apterygidae
Genus:  Apteryx
Species:  A. mantelli

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