kiwi bird

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What is a native bird to New Zealand that has wings but cannot fly? If you guessed a kiwi you are right. Kiwis are small fuzzy flightless birds that are native to New Zealand. The scientific name for the kiwi is apteryx and there are five different kiwi types. The Northern Brown Kiwi, Southern Brown Kiwi, the Small Spotted Kiwi, the Great Spotted Kiwi, and the Okarito Kiwi. All species are endangered, they have many threats as they venture out in search of food.

Diet
The kiwis diet has a normal diet like any other bird. The kiwi is an omnivore, so this means they eat both meat and plant sources of food. Plant sources of food are berries, leaves and seeds. When eating meat they normally feast on invertebrates. Invertebrates do not have a backbone and make for an easy meal to digest, such invertebrates are grubs, beetles, worms and more. The reason that the kiwi loves eating these bugs is because the kiwi is rather good at locating food with its sense of smell. The kiwi is so fast it can catch up with he or she's meal and they also have a great sense of smell so it can smell its prey If they eat those types of insects. The flightless kiwi needs that exact location to have these types of foods.

Habitat
The habitat is a place most people call home and animals are no different. A habitat provides an animal with all their needs from safety, food, to housing. The kiwi birds habitat can be found in a range of environments from snowy mountain edges, sand dunes, forests and farmlands. The only reason why the kiwi lives in these lands is because all the kiwis favourite foods are in these locations. It's very easy for the kiwi to get food as they are great adapters. This means they get used to their habitat. The kiwi might make a borrow or a trench to live in until the kiwi hears something running across the ground. Yes, a predator, hunting the precious, flightless bird.

Predators
The kiwi is a flightless bird that is found on the ground level this makes them vulnerable to lots of predators. These predators are causing these endangered kiwi problems because all these mammals are killing kiwis for food. When I say mammal I mean stoats, weasels, cats, dogs and pigs. Some of the predators are much bigger than the kiwi like the wild pig. The kiwi is known to be fast and to be able to run as fast as a human but these mammals are able to outrun humans too. We need to make sure we provide habitats to help keep the kiwi safe.

As you can see the kiwi is an important icon to New Zealand, but we have to know more about the kiwi to help it survive and not to be endangered at all. We need to understand the diet of a kiwi so we can make sure they have plenty of food, we need to understand where the kiwi lives so we can help protect it from predators. New Zealand loves the kiwi and it is well known around the world, we need to do more to protect it.