'Kiwi' is the plural and the singular (there is no 's' in Maori). 'Te kiwi' means 'the kiwi' (singular), 'Nga Kiwi' means 'the kiwi' (plural) and 'he kiwi' means 'a kiwi' or 'some kiwi'.
Being nocturnal helps the kiwi to evade some of its predators.
It is difficult to grow kiwi in Phoenix due to the hot summers. However, some have luck with kiwi vines growing, through getting them to fruit is not easy.
Kiwi fruit is one of them. Also some southeast Asia fruits such as lychees.
There is no actual species known as the White Kiwi. In 2011, a rare white kiwi was hatched, a white-feathered (but not albino) offspring of two North Island Brown kiwi. The parents of the white kiwi chick, who was dubbed "Manukura", are part of a captive breeding programme and originated from Little Barrier Island where some of the kiwi have white markings.
The main predators of a kiwi are introduced species, including ferrets, stoats, wild pigs, 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 kiwi eggs.
Kiwi
strawberry kiwi
Monkeys do not eat kiwi, which is the proper name for the "kiwi bird". Some varieties might eat kiwifruit.
Kiwi are found in some overseas zoos. In 2010, a brown kiwi made news in the National Geographic when it successfully hatched a chick in captivity in the Washington Zoo. The Smithsonian National Zoo has a kiwi cam.
'Kiwi' is a Maori word.
Kiwi are not extinct. There are five species of kiwis (some sources say seven), and their conservation status varies. The Okarito Kiwi, or Rowi (Apteryx rowi) is critically endangered. The brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) is endangered. The little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii), great spotted kiwi (Apteryx haastii) and tokoeka (Apteryx australis) are classified as vulnerable.