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North Island Brown Kiwi

Apteryx australis mantelli

Apterygiformes - Apterygidae - Kiwis

Protocols

There are no protocols yet for the North Island Brown Kiwi.

Please keep us up-to-date and contact us with your own updates or new protocols for rearing the North Island Brown Kiwi.

References

Captive management plan for kiwi
http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/tsop24.pdf

Comparison of two regimes for artificially incubating kiwi eggs. Conservation Advisory Science Notes. No. 342, Department of Conservation, Wellington
http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/casn342.pdf

Incubation behaviour and egg physiology of kiwi (Apteryx spp.) in natural habitats. Rogan Colbourne. Science & Research Unit, Department of Conservation
http://newzealandecology.org/nzje/2153.pdf

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