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Home › Science › Zoology › Ornithology › Apterygiformes

Apterygiformes

Apterygiformes (Kiwis)

      • a (Gr): not or without
      • pteron (Gr): feathers but can mean wings
      • pterugion (Gr): a little wing; kiwi wings rudimentary and not visible on the outside of the body





    Apterygidae – 3 species

    • Apteryx australis (Common or Brown Kiwi)
      • pterux (Gr): a wing
      • australis (L): derived from auster which refers to the south or south wind and not to the country, Australia even though the birds are confined to New Zealand
    • Apteryx haasti (Great Spotted Kiwi)
      • named for Sir Julius von Haast (1824-1887), a New Zealand explorer and geologist and Director of the Canterbury Museum in 1866 and 1867
    • Apteryx oweni (Little Spotted Kiwi)
      • named for Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), an English research anatomist, explorer, and author




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