0
The kiwi could be said to be famous because it is the national icon of New Zealand. There is, of course, much more that makes this bird famous, as it is quite unlike any other species of bird in the world.
Kiwi have special characteristics that enable them to survive as small, Flightless Birds of New Zealand. They have tiny, rudimentary wings that are so small they are completely hidden beneath their thick covering of shaggy feathers. They cannot fly because they are members of the group of flightless birds known as ratites. Ratites have wings but the bones in their chests do not have the capacity for flight muscles, which is what birds also need to fly.
Being birds, they have feathers, but the feathers are wispy and shaggy in appearance. Also being birds, they lay eggs in order to reproduce, but the eggs are six times larger than eggs from a bird of similar size. Just prior to the egg being laid, it takes up 15 - 20% of the bird's entire body weight.
Kiwi have unusually long bills. Their nostrils are at the end of their beak and they have an exceptional sense of smell. They use their long bill and their sense of smell to locate food up to the depth of their bill below the surface of the ground.
Kiwi are nocturnal. Most nocturnal birds are owls and nightjars, but the kiwi's nocturnal habits are a means for protecting itself from predators.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What plant makes kiwi?
a plant makes kiwi
What makes a kiwi town a kiwi town?
Kiwis.
What benefits does the kiwi have on the human body?
The kiwi makes your body feel fresh because the kiwi tastes so good!1. it makes you strong and makes you healthy
What language is spoken by kiwi?
A kiwi is a bird. It does not speak a language, but instead makes its own unique kiwi call.
Why is kiwi fruit bat favorite fruit?
Because kiwi is the most famous fruit
How did the bird get the name kiwi?
The kiwi gets its name from the call it makes, "keewee keewee".
Which is New Zealands famous animal?
kiwi
What famous kiwi food in short supply at the monent?
marmite
How did kiwi bird get its name?
This bird got its name from the sound it makes "keeeweee" the maori thought it sounded like kiwi
Why is a kiwi the best fruit?
Only by comments. Otherwise reserchers put Guava, Mango and Pear in the Superfruit catagory, not Kiwi or famous Apple.
What makes the kiwi bird nocturnal?
There isn't really an aswer to this question, the Kiwi is just more active in the dark. There is no particular reason for it.
Where was the kiwi first born?
It is not known where the first white kiwi was hatched. In 2011, a famous white kiwi chick dubbed Manukura was hatched from Brown Kiwi parents that were brought from Little Barrier Island. Little Barrier Island has a number of white kiwi and kiwi with white markings, so although Manukura is a rarity in the captive breeding programme, she is by no means the first white kiwi hatched, nor completely unique.
