Tokoeka
Stewart Island Tokoeka
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Struthioniformes Family: Apterygidae Genus: Apteryx Species: A. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future A vulnerable species is a Species which is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction improve Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. A ratite is any of a diverse group of large Flightless birds of Gondwanan origin most of them now extinct KIWI (1029 FM, "Radio Lobo" is a commercial Radio station located in McFarland California, broadcasting to the Bakersfield California KIWI (1029 FM, "Radio Lobo" is a commercial Radio station located in McFarland California, broadcasting to the Bakersfield California australis
Binomial name
Apteryx australis Shaw, 1813

The Tokoeka, Apteryx australis, is a species of kiwi from New Zealand's South Island. George Shaw ( December 10, 1751 - July 22, 1813) was an English Botanist and Zoologist. KIWI (1029 FM, "Radio Lobo" is a commercial Radio station located in McFarland California, broadcasting to the Bakersfield California New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. Until 2000 it was considered conspecific with the North Island Brown Kiwi, and still is by some authorities. Conspecificity is a concept in Biology. Two or more individual Organisms Populations or Taxa are termed conspecific if they belong The North Island Brown Kiwi, Apteryx mantelli or Apteryx australis before 2000 (and still in some sources is a species of Kiwi that is widespread The Tokoeka is divided into four subspecies.

Subspecies of Tokoeka

• The Haast Tokoeka is rare (with only about 250 specimens left) and is characterised by its rufous plumage and a more evidently downcurved beak than other species have. Like all subspecies of Tokoeka, the Haast Tokoeka is named for where it lives, Haast.
• The Stewart Island Tokoeka, Apteryx australis lawryi, is relatively common (20,000 birds) throughout its range, with about 17 birds per square kilometre.
• The Northern Fiordland Tokoeka is found in the northern parts of Fiordland. Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand that is situated on the south-western corner of the South Island. It is smaller than its Southern Fiordland and Stewart Island cousins.
• The Southern Fiordland Tokoeka can be found from the mountains all the way to the beach of its southern Fiordland home. As of 2006, surveys have shown that there are about 5,000 Southern Fiordland Tokoeka left, compared to 10,000 Northern Fiordland Tokoeka. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

References and External Links

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