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Great Spotted Kiwi
Apteryx maxima Sclater, PL; von Hochstetter, F 1861
The great spotted kiwi, great grey kiwi or roroa is a species of kiwi endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. The great spotted kiwi, as a member of the ratites, is flightless. It is the largest of the kiwi. The rugged topography and harsh climate of the high altitude alpine part of its habitat render it inhospitable to a number of introduced mammalian predators, which include dogs, ferrets, cats, and stoats. Because of this, populations of this species have been less seriously affected by the predations of these invasive species compared to other kiwi. Nonetheless, there has been a 43% decline in population in the past 45 years, due to these predators and habitat destruction. This has led it to be classified as vulnerable. There are less than 16,000 great spotted kiwis in total, almost all in the more mountainous parts of northwest Nelson, the northwest coast, and the Southern Alps. A minority live on island reserves. Source: Wikipedia
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Apterygiformes
Family:
Apterygidae
Genus:
Apteryx
Scientific:
Apteryx maxima
Classification
Order:Apterygiformes
Family:
Apterygidae
Genus:
Apteryx
Scientific:
Apteryx maxima
Original description
Citation:
Sclater, PL; von Hochstetter, F 1861
Reference:
Natural History Review
1, no.IV p.506
Protonym:
Apteryx maxima
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30158#page/518/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
0D8B9E4061FCDF8C
Avibase ID:
avibase-0D8B9E40
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0D8B9E40
Taxonomic Serial Number:
VULNERABLE
Geographic range:
- Apteryx maxima: montane forest of northwestern South Island (New Zealand)
Source: Clements checklist
Great Spotted Kiwi
Catalan:
Kiwi tacat gros
Czech:
kivi Haastův
Danish:
Stor Kiwi
German:
Haastkiwi
Spanish:
Kiwi Moteado Mayor
Spanish (Spain):
Kiwi Moteado Mayor
Finnish:
kirjokiivi
French:
Kiwi roa
Croatian:
pjegavi kivi
Hungarian:
nagy foltos kivi
Icelandic:
Skógarkíví
Italian:
Kiwi macchiato maggiore
Japanese (romaji):
oomadaraki-wi
Japanese:
オオマダラキーウィ
Lithuanian:
Didysis kivis
Dutch:
Grote Grijze Kiwi
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Flekkivi
Norwegian:
Flekkivi
Polish:
kiwi plamisty
Portuguese:
Quivi-manchado-grande
Portuguese (Portugal):
kiwi-malhado-grande
Russian:
Пятнистый киви
Slovak:
kivi kráľovský
Serbian:
Veliki pegavi kivi
Swedish:
större fläckkivi
Ukrainian:
Ківі сірий
Chinese:
大斑几维
Chinese (Traditional):
大斑鷸鴕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx maxima) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Kiwi roa ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Kiwi roa ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 1st edition: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2021: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2022: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2023: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2024: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx maxima) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 4th edition: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2015: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2016: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2017: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2018: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Clements, version 2019: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 1.50: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 1.52: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 1.53: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 1.54: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 1.55: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2015: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2016: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2017: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2018: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2019: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2021: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2022: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2023: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| eBird version 2024: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx maxima) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx maxima) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Apteryx haastii |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Apteryx haastii |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Apteryx haastii |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Great Spotted Kiwi ( Apteryx haastii) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Apteryx haastii |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Apteryx haastii |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Asturian: Kiwi pintu pequeñu
Azerbaijani: böyük boz kivi
Bulgarian: Киви на Хааст
Bengali: ফড় চতরা চকিঈিআ
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa tilā ki'u'i
Catalan: Kiwi tacat gros
Czech: kivi Haastův, Kivi skvrnitý
Danish: Stor Kiwi
German: Großer Fleckenkiwi, Haastkiwi, Haast-Kiwi
English: Great Gray Kiwi, Great Grey Kiwi, Great Spotted Kiwi, Roa
English, HBW: Great Spotted Kiwi
English (IOC): Great Spotted Kiwi
English (United States): Great Spotted Kiwi
Esperanto: granda makula apterigo, granda makula kivio, Haasta apterigo
Spanish: Kivi Grande, Kiwi Moteado Mayor
Spanish (Spain): Kiwi Moteado Mayor
Spanish (HBW): Great Spotted Kiwi
Estonian: täpikkiivi
Finnish: Kirjokiivi
French: Grand Aptéryx tacheté, Kiwi roa
Croatian: pjegavi kivi
Hungarian: nagy foltos kivi
Icelandic: Skógarkíví
Italian: Kiwi macchiato maggiore, Kiwi maculato maggiore
Japanese (romaji): oomadarakiawi, oomadaraki-wi
Japanese: オオマダラキ−ウィ, オオマダラキアウィ, オオマダラキーウィ
Kazakh: үлкен дақты киви, үлкен сұр киви
Kirghiz: чоң боз киви
Scientific: Apteryx haastii, Apteryx maxima
Lithuanian: Didysis dėmėtasis kivis, Didysis kivis
Maori: kiwi karuwai, Roa, Roroa
Dutch: Grote Grijze Kiwi
Norwegian Nynorsk: Flekkivi
Norwegian: Flekkivi, Stor flekkiwi
Polish: kiwi plamisty
Portuguese: Quivi-manchado-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): kiwi-malhado-grande
Russian: большой серый киви, Большой хаастов киви, Пятнистый киви
Slovak: kivi kráľovský
Serbian: Veliki pegavi kivi
Swedish: Större fläckig kivi, större fläckkivi
Turkish: Benekli Büyük Kivi
Ukrainian: Ківі сірий
Uzbek: ҳолли киви
Chinese: 大斑几维
Chinese (Traditional): 大斑鷸鴕
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