Bird Album
Great Spotted Kiwi
Apteryx maxima Sclater, PL & Hochstetter, 1861
Where and when it's recorded
No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.
Questions
Where does the Great Spotted Kiwi live?
Its breeding range: Australasia: montane northern South Island (New Zealand).
What family is the Great Spotted Kiwi in?
It belongs to the family Kiwis (Apterygidae), order Apterygiformes.
Range
Australasia: montane northern South Island (New Zealand)
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Apterygiformes
- Family
- Kiwis Apterygidae
- Genus
- Apteryx
Other birds in the genus Apteryx
Southern Brown KiwiApteryx australis
North Island Brown KiwiApteryx mantelli
Okarito KiwiApteryx rowi
Little Spotted KiwiApteryx owenii
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