Kiwi Information Report

What is brown ,fuzzy and cannot fly if you guessed a kiwi bird you are correct.Did you know that kiwis take 3-5 years to grow up into an adult kiwi. Kiwis also can live up to 20-30 years old!.lots of people only know one kiwi but there are 5 types of kiwis they are the Okarito Kiwi, Great Spotted Kiwi, Little Spotted Kiwi, Southern Brown Kiwi, and the North Island Brown Kiwi. Did you know that kiwis are one of the only flightless birds in the world.There used to be 12 million kiwis in the world but now there are only fewer than 100 thousand kiwis left. . Their will be 3 main points in this report they are Diet,Habitat and the Predators it’s time to eat

Diet

Kiwis eat invertebrates for example earthworms,spiders and beetles but out of all of those the earthworms are the kiwis favourite, luckily NZ is rich in earthworms. They also eat things like berries, leaves, small crayfish and seeds.Kiwis favourite food worms are made upto 80% of water in their body so they usually don’t need to drink from streams of waters. Kiwis are omnivores so they eat both plants and meat.Kiwis need to have a home With lots of areas with food.

Habitat

Kiwis habitats are normally in sand dunes,snowy tussocks, and mangroves.Kiwis
also like damp areas and wetlands. Kiwis dig burrows for nests underground. Kiwis like to live in the forest because they like a dark surrounding. Around 15,000 have made an home on Stuart island. If kiwis don't live in their normal habitat they will die.Kiwi birds run away from animals/predators.

Predators

Kiwis run away from are ferrets, weasels, dog, rats, stoats and cats but mainly
stoats and cats. when Kiwis hide in the dark they are hard to find because they blend in with the forest surroundings. Luckily in NZ we have traps for these miraculous kiwi bird’s predators.

Conclusion

In conclusion I think this is an pretty cool bird and i am glad to say that this is the native bird and i hope you have heard all about this kiwi bird so I encourage you to not let these amazing birds parish