The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Kiwi
(Apterygidae; syn. Apteryx Ϯ Little Spotted Kiwi A. owenii) From their shrill, whistling calls the unique kiwis are called Kiwi or Kiwikiwi by the Maoris of New Zealand; "Stictapteryx IREDALE & MATHEWS (type Apteryx owenii, Bull. Brit. Orn. Co., 46, p. 76, 1926) étant un nomen nudum je propose comme nom nouveau KIWI nov. gen. type Apteryx owenii GOULD sur la base des différences ostéologiques" (Verheyen 1960) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz); "Kiwi Verheyen, 1960, Bull. Soc. Roy. Zool. Anvers, no. 15, p. 10. Type, by original designation, Apteryx owenii Gould." (Mayr in Peters, 1979, 1, ed. 2, p. 10).
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