Kiwi belong to the group of birds known as ratites. Other ratites include the Southern cassowary of Australia and New Guinea, the emu from Australia, the ostrich from Africa and the rhea from South America.
Ratites have wings but the bones in their chests do not have the capacity for flight muscles, which is what a bird needs to fly.
The Kiwi fruit is in the tropical group
The kiwi is a member of the fruit group.
Bird group
The flamingo belongs to the bird group.
Ratite
the bird group
The Kiwi is a bird.
The cassowary, emu and kiwi 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 a bird also needs to fly.The ostrich and rhea also belong to this group.
Kiwi or kiwis are flightless birds and native to New Zealand.
bird
The kiwi is in the bird family. Specifically, it is classed as a ratite, a particular group of flightless birds having small wings, but without the bones in their chests having the capacity for flight muscles, which is what a bird also needs to fly.
Bird.