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Great Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx haastii)
_{Status: Vulnerable
Threats: Introduced predators such as pigs, dogs, cats, brush-tailed possum, ferrets, and stoats; habitat loss
Current estimated population (2008): <8,000 individuals, with a mature population between 5,300-5,400; declining}

Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii)
_{Status: Near Threatened
Threats: Though many Little Spotted Kiwi have been transplanted to predator-free islands as part of conservation efforts, they are still susceptible to accidental and deliberate introduction of predators
Current estimated population (2008): ~1,200 individuals, with a mature population of roughly 800; stable}

Okarito Kiwi (Apteryx rowi)
_{Status: Critically Endangered
Threats: Introduced predators such as pigs, dogs, cats, brush-tailed possum, ferrets, and stoats; vulnerable to immediate extinction in the face of unpredictable events; habitat fragmentation; slow rate of reproduction
Current estimated population (2009): ~300 individuals, population trend unknown}

Southern Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis)
_{Status: Vulnerable
Threats: Introduced predators such as pigs, dogs, cats, brush-tailed possum, ferrets, and stoats}

South Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi)
_{Current estimated population (2008): 7,000 individuals on South Island, declining; disjunct population on the Haast island of 300 individuals, increasing}

Stewart Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi)
_{Current estimated population (2008): 20,000 individuals, stable}

North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) (Pictured)
_{Status: Endangered
Threats: Introduced predators such as pigs, dogs, cats, brush-tailed possum, ferrets, and stoats; habitat fragmentation
Current estimated population (2008): ~35,000 individuals, needs confirmation; declining}

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~Silverwolfumbre Jan 17, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

What cute little creatures. We need to stop wasting money on those damn red wolves and use them for the kiwis and other endangered creatures!

=CynicalSerenade Jan 17, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Well, considering "red wolves" are in North America, and Kiwis are in New Zealand, I don't think you have to worry about where your money is going, lol.

~Silverwolfumbre Jan 17, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

True XD.

~Wordsarecool Jan 16, 2013

As harsh as this may sound, New Zealands current tactics for keeping kiwis from becoming extinct in the wild are not acceptable.

Kiwis are so prone to be killed by stoats and etc, because they never had to deal with land-based predators and never evolved to be resistant to them. New Zealands's solution of erradicating or otherwise aggressively combating the invasive predator population (that never chose to be there in the first place) is just mass killing a bunch of animals in order to prevent another animal from being killed en masse, simply because the bird never evolved to the point were it was safer from them.

Absolutely rediculous..

Just let nature run it's course.

=CynicalSerenade Jan 16, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

When something is your national bird, and the sole surviving species of an entire order of birds, it's highly unlikely that they would simply be allowed to go extinct. Settlers introducing, and ultimately losing control of invasive predators was not the fault of the kiwi. You wanna talk about animals not asking to be in certain places? The kiwi never asked the invasive predators to be there, either. And they shouldn't have to pay the price for not evolving to be suited to conditions unforeseeable to them, that they never would have had to deal with if settlers hadn't screwed up to begin with. Granted, we didn't have sciences dedicated to conservation in that era, but if anything, doing nothing is unacceptable. If an animal is invasive, it doesn't belong there, and it should be removed--end of story.

~Pencilartguy Jan 12, 2013

That's sad. I wasn't aware these were endangered. Least I don't recall...

~TrueMefista Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I like them

~Ziblink Jan 7, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

The moa: Large flightless bird, enough mea tto feed a family of five for a week, slow moving and easily spotted. Very tasty. Status: Extinct.

The kiwi: Small flightless bird; less meat than a small chicken, and quite stringy. Fast moving and hides in burrows underground. Unremarkable taste.. Status: Endangered.

The pukeko: Small flightless bird; hardly any meat, as tough as old boots. Fast moving and hides\lives in swamps and scrubby land. Tastes like old bots too. Status: Doing rather well.

=CynicalSerenade Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Biology 101: Bad taste = survival.

~Mutoh Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

The unresting spirits of the dodos would like to discord

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