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
- 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
Apterygidae 3 species
