The Southern Brown Kiwi, Tokoeka, or Common kiwi, Apteryx australis, is a species of kiwi from New Zealand's South Island. Until 2000 it was considered conspecific with the North Island Brown Kiwi, and still is by some authorities.
Read more about Southern Brown Kiwi: Taxonomy, Description, Range and Habitat, Conservation
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