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Okarito kiwi

Apteryx rowi Tennyson, Palma, Robertson, Worthy & B. J. Gill, 2003

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The okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi) is a species in the family Apterygidae, order Apterygiformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.92 kg to 2.73 kg and live up to 35 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi)
Photo: Mark Anderson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the okarito kiwi

Weight
1.92 kg – 2.73 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
35 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
40 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
79 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
18 months – 4 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.25src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the okarito kiwi live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The okarito kiwi is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the okarito kiwi?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi), also known as Rowi or Okarito brown kiwi, is a member of the kiwi family Apterygidae, described as new to science in 2003. The species is part of the brown kiwi complex, and is morphologically very similar to other members of that complex. It is found in a restricted area of the Ōkārito forest on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, and has a population of only about 600 birds.

From the Wikipedia article “Okarito kiwi” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okarito_kiwi&oldid=1383163584), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the okarito kiwi endangered?

The okarito kiwi is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the okarito kiwi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApterygiformes
  5. familyApterygidae
  6. genusApteryx
  7. SpeciesApteryx rowi Tennyson, Palma, Robertson, Worthy & B. J. Gill, 2003

Synonyms Apteryx australis rowi, Apteryx rowi rowi

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Okarito brown kiwiEnglish
  • Okarito brown kiwiEnglish
  • RowiEnglish
  • كيوي أوكاريتو البنيArabic
  • kivi okaritskýCzech
  • Brauner OkaritokiwiGerman
  • okarita kivioEsperanto
  • Kiwi de OkaritoSpanish
  • Kiwi marrón OkaritoSpanish
  • kiwi pardo de OkaritoSpanish
  • okarito kiiviEstonian
  • okaritonruskokiiviFinnish
  • Kiwi d'OkaritoFrench
  • Kiwi d’OkaritoFrench
  • sivoglavi kiviCroatian
  • okaritói barna kiviHungarian
  • Kiwi bruno di OkaritoItalian
  • オカリトキーウィJapanese
  • 오카리토갈색키위Korean
  • Okarito miško kivisLithuanian
  • RowikiwiDutch
  • Okarito-Bruine KiwiDutch
  • kiwi szaryPolish
  • kiwi-de-okaritoPortuguese
  • quiuí-castanho-de-okaritoPortuguese
  • Quiuí-marrom-de-okaritoPortuguese
  • quivi-marrom-de-okaritoPortuguese
  • РовиRussian
  • Окаритский кивиRussian
  • kivi hodvábnySlovak
  • Okarito smeđi kiviSerbian
  • okaritokiviSwedish
  • นกกีวีสีน้ำตาลโอคาริโตThai
  • Okarito KivisiTurkish
  • Okarito Kivi KuşuTurkish
  • ківі окаритськийUkrainian
  • 白眶几维Chinese
  • 奧卡里多褐鷸鴕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the okarito kiwi

Other species in the same genus Apteryx.

Roa

Apteryx maxima

ApterygidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the okarito kiwi?

An adult okarito kiwi weighs 1.92 kg – 2.73 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the okarito kiwi live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the okarito kiwi for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the okarito kiwi endangered?

The okarito kiwi is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the okarito kiwi live?

The okarito kiwi has a recorded lifespan of 35 years.

What kind of animal is the okarito kiwi?

The okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi) belongs to the family Apterygidae in the order Apterygiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/okarito-kiwi

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BibTeX
@misc{okarito_kiwi_2026,
  title = {Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/okarito-kiwi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}