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North Island Kiwi

Apteryx mantelli Bartlett, AD 1852

The North Island brown kiwi 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, is the most common kiwi. It holds the world record for laying the largest eggs relative to its body size. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Apterygiformes
Family:
  Apterygidae
Genus:
   Apteryx
Scientific:
  Apteryx mantelli

Original description

Citation:
  Bartlett, AD 1852

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London Part 18 (1850), no.218 p.275 pl.30 fig.3,4 pl.31 fig.2

Protonym:
  Apteryx Mantelli

Type locality:
  North Island.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859029

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  DB55CB8CC8C20EA5

Avibase ID:
  avibase-DB55CB8C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/DB55CB8C

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 696087


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Apteryx mantelli: North Island (New Zealand)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
North Island Kiwi
Catalan:
Kiwi bru de l'illa Nord
Czech:
kivi hnědý
Danish:
Nordlig Kiwi
German:
Nordstreifenkiwi
Spanish:
Kiwi norteño
Spanish (Spain):
Kiwi Norteño
Finnish:
pohjoissaarenruskokiivi
French:
Kiwi de Mantell
Croatian:
smeđi kivi
Hungarian:
északi-szigeti barna kivi
Italian:
Kiwi bruno settentrionale
Japanese (romaji):
hokutouki-wi
Japanese:
ホクトウキーウィ
Lithuanian:
Šiaurinis kivis
Dutch:
Noordelijke Bruine Kiwi
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Nordbrunkivi
Norwegian:
Nordbrunkivi
Polish:
kiwi północny
Portuguese:
Quivi-marrom-da-Ilha-do-Norte
Portuguese (Portugal):
kiwi-do-norte
Russian:
Северный киви
Slovak:
kivi hnedý
Serbian:
Severni pegavi kivi
Swedish:
brun kivi
Ukrainian:
ківі північний
Chinese:
北岛褐几维鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
北島褐鷸鴕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
North Island Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Kiwi de Mantell ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Northern Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Apteryx australis mantelli [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
North Island Brown Kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Apteryx mantelli [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Apteryx mantelli [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Apteryx [australis, rowi or mantelli] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Asturian: Kiwi nortiegu
Azerbaijani: şimal kivisi
Bengali: িঈত্তুময দ্বীম঩য ফাদাচভ চকিঈিআ
Bengali (transliteration): utturē dbīpēra bādāmi ki'u'i
Catalan: Kiwi bru de l'illa Nord
Czech: kivi hnědý
Danish: Nordlig Kiwi
German: Brauner Kiwi, Nordkiwi, Nördlicher Streifenkiwi, Nordstreifenkiwi
English: Brown Kiwi, Mantell's kiwi, North Island Brown Kiwi, North Island Kiwi, Northern Brown Kiwi, Okarito Brown Kiwi, Tokoeka
English, HBW: Northern Brown Kiwi
English (IOC): North Island Brown Kiwi
English (United States): North Island Brown Kiwi
Esperanto: Mantela apterigo, nord-insula bruna apterogo, nord-insula bruna kivio
Spanish: Kiwi de Mantell, Kiwi norteño
Spanish (Spain): Kiwi Norteño
Spanish (HBW): North Island Brown Kiwi
Estonian: triipkiivi
Finnish: pohjoissaarenruskokiivi
French: Aptérix de Mantell, Kiwi de Mantell
Croatian: smeđi kivi
Hungarian: északi-szigeti barna kivi
Italian: Kiwi bruno settentrionale
Japanese (romaji): hokutouki-wi
Japanese: ホクトウキーウィ
Kirghiz: Мантелл кивиси, түндүк киви
Scientific: Apteryx australis mantelli, Apteryx mantelli, Apteryx mantelli mantelli
Lithuanian: Šiaurinis kivis
Maori: Kiwi, kiwi kura, Rowi, tokoeka
Dutch: Mantells Kiwi, Noordelijke Bruine Kiwi
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nordbrunkivi
Norwegian: Nordbrunkivi
Polish: kiwi północny
Portuguese: Quivi-marrom-da-Ilha-do-Norte
Portuguese (Portugal): kiwi-do-norte
Russian: Северный киви
Slovak: kivi hnedý
Serbian: Severni pegavi kivi
Swedish: Brun kivi
Turkish: Kuzey Adası Boz Kivisi
Ukrainian: ківі північний
Uzbek: шимол кивиси
Chinese: 北岛褐几维鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 北島褐鷸鴕

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