What kind of bird is a brown kiwi?

Answer 1

The main predators of the Brown kiwi are introduced species, including ferrets, stoats, cats, and dogs, although dogs tend to kill but not eat the kiwi. Some animals such as weasels and rats are thought to eat the Brown kiwi's eggs.

Answer 2

The brown kiwi is a small flightless bird native to New Zealand. it is a ratite, a particular type of Flightless Birds, with rudimentary wings which are too small to enable it to fly. It also lacks the developed chest muscles that allow flighted birds to fly. The term Brown kiwi covers several species:

• North Island Brown (A. mantelli),
• Okarito Brown (A. rowi)
• South Island Brown (A. australis australis)
• Southern brown (A. australis)
• Stewart Island brown (A. australis lawryi)

Answer 3

The Brown kiwi is found only on the North Island of New Zealand. It is found mainly along the east coast from Hawke's Bay to the Bay of Plenty. It is also found along the west coast, through King Country, Taranaki and Wanganui. There are some brown kiwi in the Coromandel Peninsula.

Answer 4

The North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) falls within the middle of its food chain. The kiwi primarily eats grubs and worm. It's predators include mainly introduced animals such as cats, dogs, ferrets and stoats. The kiwi falls under the third tropic level as a secondary consumer.

Answer 5

Brown kiwis are primarily insectivorous. They feed on earthworms, beetles and beetle larvae, snails, , cicadascaterpillars, centipedes, Spiders, cockroaches, mantises, locusts, crickets, grasshoppers, and other insect larvae.