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North Island brown kiwi
| North Island brown kiwi | |
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| North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) | |
| Male song | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Apterygiformes |
| Family: | Apterygidae |
| Genus: | Apteryx |
| Species: | A. mantelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Apteryx mantelli Bartlett, AD, 1852[2]
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| The distribution of North Island brown kiwi | |
| Synonyms[3][4] | |
The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli; Apteryx australis or Apteryx bulleri[5] as before 2000, still used in some sources) is a species of kiwi that is widespread in the northern two-thirds of the North Island of New Zealand and, with about 35,000 remaining,[2] 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.[6]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Apteryx mantelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T45353580A119177586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T45353580A119177586.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Northern Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli". BirdLife International. Archived from the original on 29 November 2008.
- ^ Gill; et al. (2010). "Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica" (PDF) (4th ed.). Te Papa Press. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "North Island brown kiwi". Avibase.
- ^ "A History of the Birds of New Zealand". Victoria University of Wellington.
- ^ Records, Guinness World (2013). Guinness World Records (Hardcover ed.). Guinness World Records. p. 50. ISBN 9781904994879.
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