Great Spotted Kiwi / Apteryx haastii
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Great Spotted Kiwi
SCI Name:
Protonym: Apteryx Haastii Trans.N.Z.Inst. 4 p.204
Taxonomy: Apterygiformes / Apterygidae / Apteryx
Taxonomy Code: grskiw1
Type Locality: Okarita, South Island.
Author: Potts
Publish Year: 1872
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
APTERYX
(Apterygidae; Ϯ Brown Kiwi A. australis) Gr. negative prefix α- a- ; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos wing (cf. απτερυγος apterugos without wings); "APTERYX AUSTRALIS ... Alæ rudimenta tantum, monodactyla, subuncialia, unguiculo terminali. ... SOUTHERN APTERYX ... Wings rudiments only, consisting of a single joint or finger, about an inch in length, and terminated by a small claw or spur ... This curious bird is a native of New Zealand" (Shaw 1813); "Apteryx Shaw, Nat. Miscell., 24, 1813, pl. 1057, 1058. Type, by monotypy, Apteryx australis Shaw." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 11).
Var. Apterix, Apternyx.
Synon. Kiwi, Stictapteryx.
haasti / haastii
Dr Sir John Francis Julius von Haast (1824-1887) New Zealand geologist, explorer (Apteryx, ‡syn. Euryapteryx curtus, ‡syn. Megalapteryx didinus, ‡syn. Sceloglaux albifacies, syn. Xenicus gilviventris).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
