"we identified 3,750 ORs [odorant receptor] in North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli), the largest number of ORs known from any animal, surpassing elephants"
www.biorxiv.org
September 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
"we identified 3,750 ORs [odorant receptor] in North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli), the largest number of ORs known from any animal, surpassing elephants"
Thank you for your awesome support for Wild Hornets UABlue Apteryx Fella!! 🫡💙💛🙏🌻🖖
September 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Thank you for your awesome support for Wild Hornets UABlue Apteryx Fella!! 🫡💙💛🙏🌻🖖
#birdoftheday theme #mouthful
The Apteryx Clan steal the PM’s falafel balls.
#newzealand #police
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCU...
The Apteryx Clan steal the PM’s falafel balls.
#newzealand #police
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCU...
Gruntyers - The Apteryx Clan and the Great Falafel Ball Heist (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by GruntyersVEVO
m.youtube.com
September 12, 2026 at 10:34 AM
#birdoftheday theme #mouthful
The Apteryx Clan steal the PM’s falafel balls.
#newzealand #police
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCU...
The Apteryx Clan steal the PM’s falafel balls.
#newzealand #police
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCU...
Vive en terreno alpino, entre matorrales y pastizales por encima de los 1.000 metros de altitud, un habitat mucho mas hostil que el de otras especies de kiwi, que suelen preferir los bosques bajos.
El kiwi mas raro del mundo: asi es el Haast tokoeka de Nueva Zelanda - Sinaptica
El Haast tokoeka (Apteryx australis "Haast") es una subespecie de kiwi que solo habita en los montes de Haast, en la region de South Westland, en la Isla Sur de
sinapti.ca
September 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Vive en terreno alpino, entre matorrales y pastizales por encima de los 1.000 metros de altitud, un habitat mucho mas hostil que el de otras especies de kiwi, que suelen preferir los bosques bajos.
drhoz.tumblr.com/post/8265368... #4005 - Apteryx australis ssp. lawryi - Rakiura Brown Kiwi
‘Lawry’s wingless southerner’ - Lawry being the New Zealand ornithologist Sir Walter Lawry Buller.
‘Lawry’s wingless southerner’ - Lawry being the New Zealand ornithologist Sir Walter Lawry Buller.
September 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
drhoz.tumblr.com/post/8265368... #4005 - Apteryx australis ssp. lawryi - Rakiura Brown Kiwi
‘Lawry’s wingless southerner’ - Lawry being the New Zealand ornithologist Sir Walter Lawry Buller.
‘Lawry’s wingless southerner’ - Lawry being the New Zealand ornithologist Sir Walter Lawry Buller.
Hmm. But Apteryx remains showed feathers, right? Or am I mis-remembering stuff from basically my childhood.
August 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Hmm. But Apteryx remains showed feathers, right? Or am I mis-remembering stuff from basically my childhood.
Just saw the Berlin Zoo kiwi. It's bigger than I thought it would be.
August 23, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Just saw the Berlin Zoo kiwi. It's bigger than I thought it would be.
A new #OpenAccess study in the NZVJ develops a test for measuring drug concentrations in kiwi faeces, allowing for less invasive and stressful handling of this rare species.
doi.org/10.1080/0048...
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
📷 Lifeonwhite, envato.com
doi.org/10.1080/0048...
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
📷 Lifeonwhite, envato.com
August 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM
A new #OpenAccess study in the NZVJ develops a test for measuring drug concentrations in kiwi faeces, allowing for less invasive and stressful handling of this rare species.
doi.org/10.1080/0048...
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
📷 Lifeonwhite, envato.com
doi.org/10.1080/0048...
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
📷 Lifeonwhite, envato.com
APTERYXES: Plural of APTERYX. Genus of the kiwi bird from New Zealand. From a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”)
h/t playoutlier.com/p/zzombie
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h/t playoutlier.com/p/zzombie
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zzombie Player Profile & Stats · OUTLIER
zzombie's OUTLIER player profile and stats: daily scores, worldwide and country rank, current streak, vocabulary index, and the rarest words they have found in the daily rare-word game.
playoutlier.com
August 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
APTERYXES: Plural of APTERYX. Genus of the kiwi bird from New Zealand. From a- (“without”) + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”)
h/t playoutlier.com/p/zzombie
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h/t playoutlier.com/p/zzombie
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New directors cut of Grüntyers classic, "The Apteryx Clan and the great falafel ball heist"
#avianaugust2026 #avianaugust #birdart #musicsky #animation #animatie #NewZealand #apteryx #kiwi #NZart #madeinmokum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhHy...
#avianaugust2026 #avianaugust #birdart #musicsky #animation #animatie #NewZealand #apteryx #kiwi #NZart #madeinmokum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhHy...
Gruntyers - The Apteryx Clan and the Great Falafel Ball Heist (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by GruntyersVEVO
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
New directors cut of Grüntyers classic, "The Apteryx Clan and the great falafel ball heist"
#avianaugust2026 #avianaugust #birdart #musicsky #animation #animatie #NewZealand #apteryx #kiwi #NZart #madeinmokum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhHy...
#avianaugust2026 #avianaugust #birdart #musicsky #animation #animatie #NewZealand #apteryx #kiwi #NZart #madeinmokum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhHy...
🟠 Planet DDS is reporting a Partial Outage since 15:59 UTC
"Downloads/Exports may be unavailable in Apteryx XVweb"
Affects: XVWeb Viewer
Live timeline → https://pingoru.io/providers/planet-dds/incidents/8533025
#PlanetDDS #PlanetDDSDown
"Downloads/Exports may be unavailable in Apteryx XVweb"
Affects: XVWeb Viewer
Live timeline → https://pingoru.io/providers/planet-dds/incidents/8533025
#PlanetDDS #PlanetDDSDown
August 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🟠 Planet DDS is reporting a Partial Outage since 15:59 UTC
"Downloads/Exports may be unavailable in Apteryx XVweb"
Affects: XVWeb Viewer
Live timeline → https://pingoru.io/providers/planet-dds/incidents/8533025
#PlanetDDS #PlanetDDSDown
"Downloads/Exports may be unavailable in Apteryx XVweb"
Affects: XVWeb Viewer
Live timeline → https://pingoru.io/providers/planet-dds/incidents/8533025
#PlanetDDS #PlanetDDSDown
I've been involved with the Kiwi Whakapapa project in a variety of capacities. Can make connections if that is helpful. Here are some papers:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
Gaps in genetic knowledge affect conservation management of kiwi (<fi>Apteryx</fi>) species
Worldwide, there is growing appreciation of the importance of integrating genetic information into conservation management. However, there are commonly occurring problems which impact on doing this s...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I've been involved with the Kiwi Whakapapa project in a variety of capacities. Can make connections if that is helpful. Here are some papers:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...
New Zealand’s Southern Wilderness
Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island in New Zealand, diminutive in comparison to the country’s North Island…...
Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island in New Zealand, diminutive in comparison to the country’s North Island…...
New Zealand’s Southern Wilderness
Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island in New Zealand, diminutive in comparison to the country’s North Island and South Island. Yet it hosts a population of one of the largest of the kiwi: the Stewart Island tokoeka. This flightless bird, a subspecies of the Southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis), numbers in the thousands on the island, dwarfing its human population of approximately 500. The avian national icon is just one slice of the natural riches on Stewart Island/Rakiura, a roughly triangular piece of land about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of the South Island.
cerebral-overload.com
July 31, 2026 at 1:31 PM
New Zealand’s Southern Wilderness
Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island in New Zealand, diminutive in comparison to the country’s North Island…...
Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island in New Zealand, diminutive in comparison to the country’s North Island…...
That would be adorable. But Wikipedia (the start and end of all good research) says that Apteryx Mantelli females are about 40cm tall (males, it seems, are a bit smaller), which is bigger than I thought and suggests 5cm wide is unlikely.
July 23, 2026 at 8:11 PM
That would be adorable. But Wikipedia (the start and end of all good research) says that Apteryx Mantelli females are about 40cm tall (males, it seems, are a bit smaller), which is bigger than I thought and suggests 5cm wide is unlikely.
newzealandecology.org/nzje/2153
www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/free_is...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
www.doc.govt.nz/documents/sc...
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www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/free_is...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
www.doc.govt.nz/documents/sc...
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Incubation behaviour and egg physiology of kiwi (Apteryx spp.) in natural habitats | NZES
Incubation behaviour varies among the different taxa of kiwi. For North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) and little spotted kiwi (A. owenii), only the male incubates the eggs, except for in the fi...
newzealandecology.org
July 20, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Gattung: Apteryx
Art: Nördlicher Streifenkiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
▶️ Die Familien-Planung: Während ein Strauß ein Ei legt, das mickrige ein bis zwei Prozent seines Körpergewichts ausmacht, schiebt der Kiwi die biologischen Grenzen ins Extreme.
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Art: Nördlicher Streifenkiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
▶️ Die Familien-Planung: Während ein Strauß ein Ei legt, das mickrige ein bis zwei Prozent seines Körpergewichts ausmacht, schiebt der Kiwi die biologischen Grenzen ins Extreme.
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July 20, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Gattung: Apteryx
Art: Nördlicher Streifenkiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
▶️ Die Familien-Planung: Während ein Strauß ein Ei legt, das mickrige ein bis zwei Prozent seines Körpergewichts ausmacht, schiebt der Kiwi die biologischen Grenzen ins Extreme.
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Art: Nördlicher Streifenkiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
▶️ Die Familien-Planung: Während ein Strauß ein Ei legt, das mickrige ein bis zwei Prozent seines Körpergewichts ausmacht, schiebt der Kiwi die biologischen Grenzen ins Extreme.
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🔬 Evolution mit Humor: Kreißsaal der Natur - Die spektakulärsten Geburten im Tierreich
5️⃣ 🧵 Der Kiwi: Nach dem Eierlegen reif für die Insel
Als der britische Zoologe George Shaw im Jahr 1813 den ersten Balg eines Kiwis in den Händen hielt, witterte er
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5️⃣ 🧵 Der Kiwi: Nach dem Eierlegen reif für die Insel
Als der britische Zoologe George Shaw im Jahr 1813 den ersten Balg eines Kiwis in den Händen hielt, witterte er
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July 20, 2026 at 7:58 AM
🔬 Evolution mit Humor: Kreißsaal der Natur - Die spektakulärsten Geburten im Tierreich
5️⃣ 🧵 Der Kiwi: Nach dem Eierlegen reif für die Insel
Als der britische Zoologe George Shaw im Jahr 1813 den ersten Balg eines Kiwis in den Händen hielt, witterte er
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5️⃣ 🧵 Der Kiwi: Nach dem Eierlegen reif für die Insel
Als der britische Zoologe George Shaw im Jahr 1813 den ersten Balg eines Kiwis in den Händen hielt, witterte er
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Thank you for your boost uablue apteryx fella!!! 🫡💙💛🌻🙏
July 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Thank you for your boost uablue apteryx fella!!! 🫡💙💛🌻🙏
A (relative to body size) big bird egg (extant).
The largest egg relative to body size laid by a living bird species.
~20% adult body mass.
Little spotted kiwi.
Apteryx owenii.
📸: Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow, originally New Zealand.
#egg #kiwi #Apteryxowenii #bird #birds #evolution #BirdsEgg #BirdEgg
The largest egg relative to body size laid by a living bird species.
~20% adult body mass.
Little spotted kiwi.
Apteryx owenii.
📸: Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow, originally New Zealand.
#egg #kiwi #Apteryxowenii #bird #birds #evolution #BirdsEgg #BirdEgg
June 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A (relative to body size) big bird egg (extant).
The largest egg relative to body size laid by a living bird species.
~20% adult body mass.
Little spotted kiwi.
Apteryx owenii.
📸: Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow, originally New Zealand.
#egg #kiwi #Apteryxowenii #bird #birds #evolution #BirdsEgg #BirdEgg
The largest egg relative to body size laid by a living bird species.
~20% adult body mass.
Little spotted kiwi.
Apteryx owenii.
📸: Kelvingrove Museum Glasgow, originally New Zealand.
#egg #kiwi #Apteryxowenii #bird #birds #evolution #BirdsEgg #BirdEgg
I finally made an alterspring for free art requests/suggestions! Please feel to submit any ideas 💖 Or ask any questions too!
alterspring.org/@Apteryx
alterspring.org/@Apteryx
Apteryx
alterspring.org
June 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
I finally made an alterspring for free art requests/suggestions! Please feel to submit any ideas 💖 Or ask any questions too!
alterspring.org/@Apteryx
alterspring.org/@Apteryx
Hello & Bonjour 💖 welcome to my 🔞 page!
You can call me Apteryx, Ap, Apt, etc. I mostly draw:
🖤 Dead dove, kinky, NSFW
🖤 Hazbin Hotel, Helluva, OCs
I don’t support censorship, AI use, or antis! ✨
You can call me Apteryx, Ap, Apt, etc. I mostly draw:
🖤 Dead dove, kinky, NSFW
🖤 Hazbin Hotel, Helluva, OCs
I don’t support censorship, AI use, or antis! ✨
June 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Hello & Bonjour 💖 welcome to my 🔞 page!
You can call me Apteryx, Ap, Apt, etc. I mostly draw:
🖤 Dead dove, kinky, NSFW
🖤 Hazbin Hotel, Helluva, OCs
I don’t support censorship, AI use, or antis! ✨
You can call me Apteryx, Ap, Apt, etc. I mostly draw:
🖤 Dead dove, kinky, NSFW
🖤 Hazbin Hotel, Helluva, OCs
I don’t support censorship, AI use, or antis! ✨
Apteryx Australis https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/84433
June 14, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Apteryx Australis https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/84433
This cartoon is the only reason I can spell “apteryx.”
June 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
This cartoon is the only reason I can spell “apteryx.”