The kiwi is a famous bird in NZ, we are called kiwis so we want to save this Endangered species. It is national to NZ.
Habitat
Kiwis are nocturnal it means they are only awake at night. they would almost always sleep in a borrow that they have dug or a hollow tree.
What they eat
Kiwis eat a lot because they have a diet and have to eat like all creatures do. Here are some of the foods : worms, seeds, grubs, small crayfish, small eels, fruit, insects and spiders. All this food comes from the forest floor.
What they look like.
Kiwi are flightless birds, they cannot fly. The females are larger than the males and there are only 68,000 left. They are the only bird that has a long beak with nostrils at the very top of their beak. They are endangered. There are 4 species of kiwi 1. Great Spotted 2. Brown 3. White 4. Little spotted. They are related to the Emu bird and have feathers like hair. They are native to NZ.
Babies
The eggs are six times larger than the kiwi and takes up 3 thirds of their body. The chicks get fed the white of the egg for a few days before they hatch. Brown kiwi are faster breeders than any other kiwi. Kiwi mate for life and can live up to 40 yrs old.
Extra
We lose 20 kiwi every week because of these predators : dogs, stoats, ferrets, cats, rats. Kiwis use their feet to fight not their beaks. they are fast movers. The males call is a high screeching , and the females is a lower booming sound.
The kiwi is very rare - this means we need to save them ( Quick! ) A few ways to save them : we can donate money to the kiwis. we can keep pets on leads, inside , in a cage or away from kiwi.!
photos from : http://www.rainbowsprings.co.nz/kiwi-conservation/kiwi-facts/
By Frida photos from :
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=kiwi+bird&safe=strict&rlz=1CAACAJ_enNZ683NZ684&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=631&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRtbj5zuLMAhVne6YKHaalBwMQiR4IdQ
Hi Frida:
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed reading your Kiwi report. We didn't realize there were four kinds of Kiwi or that the male and female had different vocalizations. Some people in Ontario raise Emu. They do look like giant Kiwi with shorter beaks. Have you ever seen a real Kiwi? What did you mean about the egg size? Hugs, Opa and Grandma.