Apteryx occidentalis Rothschild, 1893:61
West Coast (little) spotted kiwi
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Apteryx owenii occidentalis Rothschild, 1893:61 (basionym); Apteryx australis occidentalis (Rothschild, 1893:61)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of A. owenii) (Checklist Committee (OSNZ), 2022:22)
Distribution
New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rothschild, Walter. (1893). [description of Apteryx occidentalis]. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club 1: 61.
Other references:
Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). Ornithological Society of New Zealand & Te Papa Press, Wellington. [p. 22]
Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2022). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand (5th edition). Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 1. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand. [p. 22]
Kieren J. Mitchell, Bastien Llamas, Julien Soubrier, Nicolas J. Rawlence, Trevor H. Worthy, Jamie Wood, Michael S. Y. Lee, Alan Cooper. (2014). Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1251981
Rothschild, Walter. (1899). The genus Apteryx. Novitates Zoologicae 6: 361-402.
http://csl.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/ir191a.pdf