Struthioniformes

Kiwis (Apterygidae)

HBW 1, p. 104 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 1 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Small to medium-sized, flightless terrestrial birds with rudimentary wings, no tail and shortish, stout legs.
• New Zealand.
• Mainly forests, also woodland and scrub, up to 1200 m.
• 1 genus, 3 species, 5 taxa.
• 2 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.