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<small>For the fruit, see [[Kiwi_(fruit)]]</small>
All five kiwi species are much reduced in range and now protected, though the large size of their eggs does offer some protection against the depredations of rats, compared to other ground-nesting native birds such as the kakapo and takahe.
'''Kiwi''' are any of the five species of small flightless birds [[endemic]] to [[New Zealand]] of the genus '''Apteryx''' (the only genus in family '''Apterygidae'''). At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living [[ratite]]s, although in comparison to their body size their egg (weighing as much as a quarter of the adult bird's weight) is proportionately the largest of all birds. Kiwi are nocturnal and live mainly by foraging with their long beaks for [[earthworm]]s and other invertebrates in leaf litter, which they find using their sense of smell, which is unusually well-developed for a bird. Unusually for a bird, their nostrils are positioned at the [[distal]] end of the beak.
All five kiwi species are much reduced in range and now protected, though the large size of their eggs does offer some protection against the depredations of [[rat]]s, compared to other ground-nesting native birds such as the [[kakapo]] and [[takahe]].
The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand, and the term is often used to describe a person from New Zealand.
The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand, and the term is often used to describe a person from New Zealand.
==Origins==
==Origins==
Kiwi were created by God and were on [[Noahs ark]]. After the [[Great Flood|Flood]], these kiwi bred from the Ark passengers and migrated to New Zealand. Despite being flightless they walked there.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/how-did-animals-spread</ref>
Kiwi were created by God and were on [[Noahs ark]]. After the Flood, these kiwi bred from the Ark passengers and migrated to New Zealand. Despite being flightless they walked there.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/how-did-animals-spread</ref>
[[Category:Birds]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:New Zealand]]