Apteryx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apterygiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Classis: Aves Informal group: Saurornithes Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithurae Subclassis: Carinatae Infraclassis: Neornithes Parvclassis: Palaeognathae Ordo: Apterygiformes

Familia: Apterygidae
Genus: Apteryx
Species (5): A. australis – A. haastii – A. mantelli – A. owenii – A. rowi

Name

Apteryx Shaw, 1813: pls. 1057, 1058

• Type species: Apteryx australis Shaw, 1813
  • Fixation: monotypy

References

• Heath, A.C.G. 2010. A review of ectoparasites of Apteryx spp. (kiwi) in New Zealand, with new host records, and the biology of Ixodes anatis (Acari: Ixodidae). Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 21: 147–159. ISSN: 1173-4337
• Worthy, T.H. et al. 2013: Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves. Pp. 63-80 in: Göhlich, U.B. & Kroh, A. (eds.), Paleornithological Research 2013: Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Vienna, 2012. Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Vienna, 2013. Full article (PDF) reference page 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Ківі (птушка)
български: Киви (птица)
Deutsch: Kiwis
English: Kiwi
español: Kiwi
Esperanto: Apterigo
עברית: קיווי
lietuvių: Kiviai
norsk: Kivier
polski: Kiwi
português: quiuí, quivi
русский: Киви (птица)
ไทย: นกกีวี
中文: 奇異鳥

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