- Tokoeka
Taxobox | name = Tokoeka
image_caption = Stewart Island Tokoeka
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Struthioniformes
familia =Apterygidae
genus = "Apteryx "
species = "A. australis"
binomial = "Apteryx australis"
binomial_authority = Shaw, 1813The Tokoeka, "Apteryx australis", is a species of
kiwi fromNew Zealand 'sSouth Island . Until 2000 it was considered conspecific with theNorth Island Brown Kiwi , and still is by some authorities. The Tokoeka is divided into four subspecies.Subspecies of Tokoeka
* The Haast Tokoeka is rare (with only about 250 specimens left) and is characterised by its rufous plumage and a more evidently downcurved beak than other species have. Like all subspecies of Tokoeka, the Haast Tokoeka is named for where it lives,
Haast .
*The Stewart Island Tokoeka, "Apteryx australis lawryi", is relatively common (20,000 birds) throughout its range, with about 17 birds per square kilometre.
*The Northern Fiordland Tokoeka is found in the northern parts ofFiordland . It is smaller than its Southern Fiordland and Stewart Island cousins.
*The Southern Fiordland Tokoeka can be found from the mountains all the way to the beach of its southern Fiordland home.As of 2006 , surveys have shown that there are about 5,000 Southern Fiordland Tokoeka left, compared to 10,000 Northern Fiordland Tokoeka.References and External Links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
* [http://www.savethekiwi.org.nz/ Save The Kiwi]
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