North Island brown kiwi

North Island brown kiwi
	North Island brown kiwi; (Apteryx mantelli)
	Male song
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Apterygiformes
Family:	Apterygidae
Genus:	Apteryx
Species:	A. mantelli
Binomial name
	Apteryx mantelli; Bartlett, AD, 1852
	The distribution of North Island brown kiwi
Synonyms
	Apteryx australis var. mantelli (Bartlett 1852) Finsch 1872; Apteryx australis mantelli (Bartlett 1852) Checklist Committee 1953; Apteryx bulleri Sharpe 1888; Apteryx mantelli mantelli Bartlett 1852; Apteryx mantelli novaezelandiae (Lesson 1828); Apteryx australis novaezealandiae (Lesson 1828); Dromiceius novaezelandiae Lesson 1828 nomen nudum;

The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli; Apteryx australis or Apteryx bulleri as before 2000, still used in some sources) is a species of kiwi that is widespread in the northern two-thirds of the North Island of New Zealand and, with about 35,000 remaining, it is the most common kiwi. It holds the world record for laying the largest eggs relative to its body size.

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