Okarito Brown Kiwi / Apteryx rowi
WBN 
Okarito Brown Kiwi
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rec.AucklandMus. 40 p.45-64
Taxonomy: Apterygiformes / Apterygidae / Apteryx
Taxonomy Code: okbkiw1
Type Locality:
Author: Tennyson, Palma, Robertson, Worthy & Gill
Publish Year: 2003
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.
rowi
Maori name Rowi for the Okarito Kiwi (Apteryx).
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)
