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Apteryx Shaw, 1813

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
<i>Nat. Miscell.</i>, <b>24</b>: pl. 1057

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Apterygiformes
family
Apterygidae
genus
Apteryx

Name

Synonyms
Apterix Boie, 1829
Apternix Agassiz, 1846
Apternyx Swainson, 1836
Kiwi Verheyen, 1960
Homonyms
Apteryx Shaw, 1813
Apteryx Huxley, 1867
Common names
Apterigo in Esperanto
Emus in English
Kivi Kuşu in Turkish
Kiviai in Lithuanian
Kivier in Norwegian Bokmål
Kiwi in Polish
Kiwier in Danish
Kiwis in French
Quiuís in Portuguese
kiivit in Finnish
kivi in Czech
Киви in Russian
Киви (птица) in Russian
Ківі in Ukrainian
Ківі (птушка) in Belarusian
קיווי in Hebrew
كيوي in Arabic
นกกีวี in Thai
キーウィ属 in Japanese
奇威鳥 in Chinese
奇異鳥 in Chinese
幾維鳥 in Chinese
無翼鳥屬 in Chinese
鷸鴕 in Chinese
키위속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL 2006
  2. Colbourne,Rogan,Alan J. D. Tennyson,Lara D. Shepherd,Hugh A. Robertson,Kristina M. Ramstad (May-21-2021) Hybridisation in kiwi (Apteryx; Apterygidae) requires taxonomic revision for the Great Spotted Kiwi
  3. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 67 One hundred and two Bird names placed in the Official List of Generic Names.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1B, 177-182 (1916)
  5. Nat. Misc., 24, pl.
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
  9. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB
  10. as per family
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