Okarito Kiwi

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When to see the Okarito Kiwi

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Okarito Kiwi

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Okarito Kiwi

The Okarito kiwi, also known as the rowi or Okarito brown kiwi, is a member of the kiwi family Apterygidae, described as new to science in 2003. The species is part of the brown kiwi complex, and is morphologically very similar to other members of that complex. It is found in a restricted area of the Ōkārito forest on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, and has a population of only about 600 birds.

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Easily confused with

Great Spotted KiwiApteryx maximaGreat spotted kiwis are among the largest of the kiwis; the male is 45 cm (18 in) tall, while the female is 50 cm (20 in) tall. Little Spotted KiwiApteryx oweniiThe little spotted kiwi has a length of 35 to 45 cm (14–18 in) and the weight of the male is 0.88 to 1.36 kg (1 lb 15 oz – 3 lb 0 oz) and the female weighs 1 to 1.95 kg (2+1⁄4–4+1⁄4 lb), making it the smallest species of kiwi. Southern Brown KiwiApteryx australisIt has no preen gland, and its feathers have no aftershafts and no barbules.