Tag: Apteryx rowi

Rowi discovered in 2003

2003, New species
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Rowi Apteryx rowi CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Okarito brown kiwi, or rowi, are New Zealand’s rarest kiwi, with an estimated 250 surviving in just 10,000 hectares in South Okarito Forest, in South Westland. It was only in 1994 that they were found to be an entirely new species and given the name rowi. Rowi vary from other […]