bird Also known as: Apteryx oweni Learn about this topicin these articles: description Inkiwi …the Northern Fiordland tokoeka; the little spotted kiwi (A. oweni); the great spotted kiwi (A. haasti); the Okarito brown kiwi (A. rowi), also called the Rowi kiwi; and the brown kiwi ...
flightless bird, any of severalbirdsthat have, throughevolution, lost the ability to fly as they adapted to newenvironments. Most living forms belong to the order Struthioniformes (a group that includes theostrich, therhea, thecassowary, thekiwi, and theemu); however, they are more commonly ...