Okarito Brown Kiwi

Here the details of the Okarito Brown Kiwi named bird below:

SCI Name:  Apteryx rowi
Protonym:   Rec.AucklandMus. 40 p.45-64
Taxonomy:  Apterygiformes / Apterygidae / Apteryx
Taxonomy Code:  okbkiw1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Tennyson, Palma, Robertson, Worthy & Gill
Publish Year:  2003
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

APTERYX
(Apterygidae; Ϯ Brown Kiwi A. australis) Gr. negative prefix α- a- ; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos  wing (cf. απτερυγος apterugos  without wings); "APTERYX AUSTRALIS  ...  Alæ rudimenta tantum, monodactyla, subuncialia, unguiculo terminali.  ...  SOUTHERN APTERYX  ...  Wings rudiments only, consisting of a single joint or finger, about an inch in length, and terminated by a small claw or spur  ...  This curious bird is a native of New Zealand" (Shaw 1813); "Apteryx Shaw, Nat. Miscell., 24, 1813, pl. 1057, 1058. Type, by monotypy, Apteryx australis Shaw." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 11).
Var. Apterix, Apternyx.
Synon. Kiwi, Stictapteryx.

rowi
Maori name Rowi for the Okarito Kiwi (Apteryx).