Apteryx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apterygiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dracohors Superordo: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Classis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha 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
Esperanto: Apterigo
español: Kiwi
français: Kiwi
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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