小斑鷸鴕

小斑鷸鴕(學名:Apteryx owenii;英語:little spotted kiwi、little grey kiwi)是無翼屬最小的一種鳥類,重不超過2公斤。它原產於新西蘭,殖民者到來之前廣泛分佈於南北兩島,現在僅見於幾個保護區和離岸小島。

小斑鷸鴕鳥
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 鳥綱 Aves
目: 鷸鴕目 Apterygiformes
科: 鷸鴕科 Apterygidae
屬: 鷸鴕屬 Apteryx
種:
小斑鷸鴕鳥 A. owenii
二名法
Apteryx owenii
亞種
  • A. o. owenii Gould 1847 South Island little spotted kiwi
  • A. o. iredelai (Mathews 1935) North Island little spotted kiwi
異名
列表
  • Apteryx mollis Potts 1873[4]
  • Apteryx fusca Rowley 1875 non Potts 1873
  • Pseudapteryx gracilis Lydekker 1891
  • Apteryx oweni occidentalis Rothschild 1893
  • Apteryx occidentalis (Rothschild 1893) Buller 1905
  • Apteryx australis occidentalis (Rothschild 1893)
  • Kiwi owenii (Gould 1847) Verheyen 1960
  • Stictapteryx owenii (Gould 1847) Iredale & Mathews 1926
  • Stictapteryx owenii owenii (Gould 1847) Iredale & Mathews 1926
  • Stictapteryx owenii iredalei Mathews 1935

特徵

棲息在密集的高大的樹木組成的森林中。體長35—45 cm(14—18吋),雄鳥重0.88—1.36公斤(1.9—3.0磅),雌鳥重1—1.95公斤(2.2—4.3磅),是最小的幾維鳥。翼長0.1毫米,嘴峰長85.3毫米,喙寬度3.3毫米,喙厚度3.6毫米,跗蹠長59.6毫米,尾長0.1毫米。小斑鷸鴕在其分佈區內為留鳥,其食性為肉食性,主要食物來源是陸生無脊椎動物。[5]

註釋

  1. ^ BirdLife International. Apteryx owenii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 [26 November 2013]. 
  2. ^ Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
  3. ^ Gould, John. On a new species of Apteryx. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1847, 15 (1): 93–94 [2021-10-20]. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1847.tb00159.x. (原始內容存檔於2021-10-20). 
  4. ^ Gill; et al. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (PDF) 4th. Te Papa Press. 2010 [22 May 2016]. (原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2013-06-16). 
  5. ^ Tobias, J. A.; Sheard, C.; Pigot, A. L.; Devenish, A. J. M.; Yang, J.; Sayol, F.; Neate‐Clegg, M. H. C.; Alioravainen, N.; Weeks, T. L.; Barber, R. A.; Walkden, P. A. AVONET: Morphological, Ecological and Geographical Data for all Birds. Ecology Letters. 2022, 25 (3) [2022-08-14]. ISSN 1461-023X. doi:10.1111/ele.13898. (原始內容存檔於2022-08-07) (英語). 

參考文獻

  • BirdLife International. Little Spotted Kiwi - BirdLife Species Factsheet. Data Zone. 2008a [6 Feb 2009]. 
  • BirdLife International. What's New (2008). IUCN RedList. 2008b [4 Feb 2009]. (原始內容存檔於2007-08-28). 
  • Davies, S.J.J.F. Kiwis. Hutchins, Michael (編). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins 2nd. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group: 89–90, 92–93. 2003. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0. 
  • Gotch, A.F. Kiwis. Latin Names Explained. A Guide to the Scientific Classifications of Reptiles, Birds & Mammals. London: Facts on File. 1995: 181 [1979]. ISBN 0-8160-3377-3. 
  • Little Spotted Kiwi. Kiwis for Kiwi. [9 January 2020]. (原始內容存檔於2021-04-13). 

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