STRUTHIONIFORMESSTRUTHIONIFORMES
| NewZealand 1999 | Russia 1968 | Australia 1994 | Argentin 1960 | Chili 1987 |
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| North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis (Apterygidae) |
Ostrich Struthio camelus (Struthionidae) |
Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae (Dromaiidae) |
American Rhea Rhea americana (Rheidae) |
Darwin's Rhea Pterocnemia pennata (Rheidae) |
| NewZealand 1969 COPPER-NICKEL | Papua NewGuinea 1972 COPPER-NICKEL |
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| North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis (Apterygidae) (STRUTHIONIFORMES) | Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti (Casuariidae) (STRUTHIONIFORMES) |
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| North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis (Apterygidae) (STRUTHIONIFORMES) |
Ostrich Struthio camelus (Struthionidae) (STRUTHIONIFORMES) |
Emu Dromainus novaehollandiae (Dromaiidae) (STRUTHIONIFORMES) |
Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius (Casuariidae) (STRUTHIONIFORMES) |
Kiwi is general term of three kinds of the bird which cannot fly that inhabits only a NewZealand and neighboring islands. Because was captured to catch a feather, and was killed by an animal brought into the island, Kiwi hard went out in the 19th century, but is protected severely by the present. The size of the female of two kinds, North Island Brown Kiwi and Great Spotted Kiwi are about 50cm full length, weight about 2.2kg. The size of female of Little Spotted Kiwi has about 40cm full length of about 1.2kg in weight. The male is smaller than a similar female, and the weight has few 20%. The bill of Kiwi is slim and, unlike other birds, owns the nostril on the tip of the bill. The body is short and thick and looks for food for sense of smell to a strong leg briefly and eats a small invertebrate and seed, fruit mainly. There is not the tail, and a trace is left with the feather that the wing is thick. When the ratio for a female body says the size of the egg, there is nearly a quarter of a female body in birds at the maximum. Lay two eggs, but two eggs grow in a female body; because there is no room, put it for about 1 month, and lay two eggs. It is often that a male holds an egg, and it takes 71-84 days till a young bird gets grew. It is considered to be a New Zealand symbol and appear in a coin, a stamp, the trademark and it is unofficial, but become the crest of the country. Because a figure resembled this bird, the name of Kiwi / the fruit of the fruit was named.
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