Southern Brown Kiwi
| Apteryx australis | Order: Apterygiformes | Family: Apterygidae (Kiwis) |
Apteryx australis
Order: Apterygiformes
Family: Apterygidae (Kiwis)
The five species of kiwi are most closely related to the extinct elephant bird of Madagascar. Among living birds, the kiwi is more closely related to the emu and the cassowaries than to the moa.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Migration Update, 2006 2006
- Stranger than Fiction 1989
- Eggs 1989
- The Kiwi 1988
- Stranger than Fiction 1987
- Big Bird 1986