Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii) - BirdLife species factsheet

Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii

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References

Anon. 2009. Kiwi become Aucklanders. Forest and Bird: 7.

Colbourne, R. M.; Robertson, H. A. 1997. Successful translocations of Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii between offshore islands of New Zealand. Notornis 44: 253-258.

Edmonds, H. 2010. Little Spotted Kiwi flown home to Fiordland. Corporate press release. Available at: http://www.realjourneys.co.nz/Corporate/mediareleaselittlespottedkiwi/. (Accessed: 05/03/2012).

Germano, J., Barlow, S., Castro, I., Colbourne, R., Cox, M., Gillies, C., Hackwell, K., Harawira, J., Impey, M., Reuben, A., Robertson, H., Scrimgeour, J., Sporle, W., Yong., S. 2018. Kiwi Recovery Plan 2018–2028/Mahere Whakaora Kiwi 2018–2028. Threatened Species Recovery Plan 64. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Heather, B. D. & Robertson, H. A. 1997. The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Heather, B. D.; Robertson, H. A. 2015. The field guide to the birds of New Zealand. Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.

Holzapfel, S.; Robertson, H.A.; McLennan, J.A.; Sporle, W.; Hackwell, K.; Impey, M. 2008 . Kiwi (Apteryx spp.) recovery plan: 2008–2018. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Jolly, J. N. 1989. A field study of the breeding biology of the Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii) with emphasis on the causes of nest failures. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 19: 433-448.

Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. 1990. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, 1: ratites to ducks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

McLennan, J. A.; Potter, M. A. 1993. Juveniles in mainland populations of Kiwi. Notornis 40: 294-297.

Quintero, I. and Jetz, W. 2018. Global elevational diversity and diversification of birds. Nature, 555(7695): 246-250.

Ramstad, K.M., Gibb, G.C., Robertson, H.A., Colbourne, R.M., Doran, E.E., Shepherd, L.D. 2021. Recent extinctions among Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii) and the origin of extant populations. Emu-Austral Ornithology 1-2: 23-32.

Ramstad, K.M., Pfunder, M., Robertson, H.A., Colbourne, R.M., Allendorf, F.W. and Daugherty, C.H. 2010. Fourteen microsatellite loci cross-amplify in all five kiwi species (Apteryx spp.) and reveal extremely low genetic variation in little spotted kiwi (A. owenii). Conserv. Genet. Resources 2(1 Suppl.): 333–336.

Ramstad, K.M.; Colbourne, R.M.; Robertson, H.A.; Allendorf, F.W.; Daugherty, C.F. 2013. Genetic consequences of a century of protection: serial founder events and survival of the Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1762): 20130576.

Robertson, H.A. 2013 [updated 2022]. Little spotted kiwi Kiwi pukupuku. In Miskelly, C.M. (ed.) New Zealand Birds Online.

Robertson, H.A. and Colbourne, R.M. 2004. Survival of little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii) on Kapiti Island. Notornis 51: 161-163.

Robertson, H.A., Baird, K.A., Elliott, G.P., Rodney, A., Hitchmough, N.J., Makan, T.D., Miskelly, C.M., O'Donnell, C.F.J., Sagar, P.M., Scofield, R.P., Taylor, G.A., Michel, P. 2021. Conservation status of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

Robertson, H.A., Coad, N.B., Colbourne, R.M., Fraser, J.R. 2019. Translocations of little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii) for genetic management, 2016–17. DOC Research and Development Series 358. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Taylor, H.R. 2014. Detecting inbreeding depression in a severely bottlenecked, recovering species: the Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii). Biology, Victoria University of Wellington.

Further resources

New Zealand Govt - Dept of Conservation - Recovery Plan

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/little-spotted-kiwi-apteryx-owenii on 24/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/11/2024.