- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold brown kiwi, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the brown kiwi
The North Island brown kiwi is a nocturnal, flightless bird found across the northern two-thirds of New Zealand's North Island. It has spiky, streaked brown feathers and a long bill of 13 to 20.5 cm, and the larger females weigh up to 3.85 kg. It prefers dense lowland and coastal forest but also uses exotic pine forest, pasture and sand dunes. With poor vision, it finds prey mainly by smell and touch, and invertebrates such as spiders and worms make up 85 to 95% of what it eats. Pairs nest in burrows, and its eggs are among the largest relative to body size of any bird.
Brown Kiwi facts
- Its eggs are among the largest, relative to body size, of any bird.
- A hatched chick eats the remaining egg contents and shell, and leaves the nest within about ten days.
- Males may hide the nest entrance with plant material and soil.
- Females are larger than males.
Where to see brown kiwi in the U.S.
3 zoos across 2 states
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Massachusetts· 2
New York· 1
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Built from each zoo's own published animal list.
