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APTERYGIDAE - Kiwis (1:5)
APTERYX Shaw, 1813 F - Apteryx australis Shaw, 1813; type by monotypy  1
Apteryx haastii 2,3  Potts, 1872 Great Spotted Kiwi
iNW (formerly W) South Island (New Zealand) [Potts, 1872 #9742]
Apteryx owenii 4  Gould, 1847 Little Spotted Kiwi
iNew Zealand
Apteryx mantelli 5  A.D. Bartlett, 1852 Northern Brown Kiwi/North Island Brown Kiwi
iNorth Island (New Zealand)
Apteryx australis6 Southern Brown Kiwi/Tokoeka
australis Shaw, 1813 vSW and S South Island (New Zealand)
lawryi Rothschild, 18937 Stewart I. (New Zealand)
Apteryx rowi 8  Tennyson, Palma, H.A. Robertson, Worthy & B.J. Gill, 2003 Okarito Brown Kiwi
iWC coast of South Island (New Zealand) [Tennyson, 2003 #3822]
1 Sequence of species follows Burbidge et al. (2003) [Burbidge, 2003 #571] and Shepherd & Lambert (2008) [Shepherd, 2008 #11760].
2 Dual original spellings; for details see David et al. (2009) [David, 2009 #11541].
3 Citation in Mayr (1979) [Mayr, 1979 #2568] is not to the earliest reference; we supply this after the range statement.
4 North Island form, not usually recognised, called ? iredalei Mathews, 1935 [Mathews, 1935 #2529].
5 Formerly included in A. australis but see Burbidge et al. (2003) [Burbidge, 2003 #571] and Gill et al. (2010) [Gill, 2010 #12348].
6 Forms a superspecies with A. mantelli and A. rowi; see Gill et al. (2010) [Gill, 2010 #12348].
7 For recognition see Burbidge et al. (2003) [Burbidge, 2003 #571] and Tennyson et al. (2003) [Tennyson, 2003 #3822].
8 For treatment as a separate species from A. australis see Burbidge et al. (2003) [Burbidge, 2003 #571] and Gill et al. (2010) [Gill, 2010 #12348].
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