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Brown Kiwi
Apteryx australis Shaw, 1813
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Tokoeka, Apteryx australis; wild bird. Stewart Island, New Zealand
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Open encyclopedia reference
The southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi (Apteryx australis) is a species of kiwi from South Island of New Zealand. Until 2000 it was considered conspecific with the North Island brown kiwi, and still is by some authorities.
Wikipedia contributors, Southern brown kiwi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T01:55:42.498553+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Apteryx australis Shaw, 1813
- Name authority
- Shaw, 1813
- Common name
- Brown Kiwi
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apterygiformes
- Family
- Apterygidae
- Genus
- Apteryx
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderApterygiformes
- familyApterygidae
- genusApteryx Shaw, 1813
- speciesApteryx australis Shaw, 1813
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Apteryx. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Great Spotted KiwiApteryx haastii Potts, 1872 | ApterygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Spotted KiwiApteryx owenii Gould, 1847 | ApterygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Okarito Brown KiwiApteryx rowi Tennyson, Palma, Robertson, Worthy & B. J. Gill, 2003 | ApterygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Shaw, & George. (1813). Vivarium Naturae or the Naturalist’s Miscellany, Vol. 24, Fascicle 286. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:FYYM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.