The 2012 mating season hasn’t gone to plan for Norton the little spotted kiwi. Mrs N produced two eggs before leaving Norton sitting on the nest until hatching – normally 65 to 75 days later.

The little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii) The Okarito brown kiwi (Apteryx rowi) ... Kiwi Birds Have Huge Eggs. Moms, thank your lucky stars that you're not a kiwi.

Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution Kieren J. Mitchell et al. Science 344, 898 (2014); DOI: 10.1126/science.1251981 ...

A little spotted kiwi nearly stole the Bird of the Year election this year with fraudulent votes. In a major upset, it was the kakapo -- the world's fattest parrot -- who was ultimately elected.

The national bird, the kiwi, has hatched eggs in the wild in the Wellington area for the first time in living memory, thanks to a multiyear conservation effort. By Pete McKenzie Reporting from ...