In our perception: the bird is a feathered oviparous vertebrate on the surface, most of which fly and live. Their most typical feature is that they have a pair of powerful wings. But there is a wingless bird living in the world: the Kiwi. Let's take a look
The kiwi is small and stubby, with a long and pointed beak, strong legs, fine feathers like hair, and is unable to fly due to the degeneration of its wings. Kiwi birds are easily frightened, and most of their activities are carried out at night to avoid attacks. Foraging is carried out flexibly with a pointed beak, and the nostrils at the end of the long mouth can sniff out the location of the insect and prey on it.
There are only 3 species of New Zealand kiwi in the world, the large spotted kiwi is only distributed in the western part of the South Island of New Zealand, the small spotted kiwi is distributed in the North Island and the South Island, and the brown kiwi is the most widely distributed, in addition to the South Island, the North Island, but also found on Stewart Island. The brown and large-spotted kiwis are slightly larger, reaching about 35 centimeters; the small-spotted kiwi is smaller and only about 25 centimeters in size.
Kiwi birds are strictly monogamous birds that live together for at least 2 or 3 breeding seasons. According to the animal mate stability study, the longer the incubation time, the more stable the husband and wife structure, and the monogamy of the kiwi is related to the long time it takes to breed the chicks. The breeding season of kiwi birds is in late autumn, and the eggs are gestation in the female for up to a month, and throughout the pregnancy, the female must reserve enough fat to produce a well-nourished bird egg.
Kiwi birds have a keen sense of smell, poor eyesight, and small eyes, and there are reports of funny incidents in the zoo where kiwi birds walk and hit fences in broad daylight. Inhabiting forests and bushes, wild kiwis love to live in groups, come out day and night, are gentle and curious, and if the local residents' gates are not closed, the kiwi may sneak into their homes at night and take the keys and spoons with them as toys. Kiwi's eyes cannot be exposed to sunlight or they will go blind!
Kiwi is a rare bird endemic to New Zealand and has been selected as the country's "national bird". In 1975, the Smithsonian's National Zoo successfully hatched a kiwi bird. In New Zealand, coins are also known as how many kiwis this illustrates the importance of the kiwi.