What is Fiordland tokoeka?
{{Speciesbox | image = | status = | status-ref = | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Apteryx australis australis | authority = | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} The '''Fiordland tokoeka''' or '''Fiordland kiwi''' (''Apteryx australis australis'') is a subspecies of [[southern brown kiwi]]. It lives in [[South Island]], [[New Zealand]]. This bird does not fly. It runs on the ground.<ref name=NZB>{{cite web|publisher=New Zealand Birds Online|accessdate=August 18, 2021|url=https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/southern-brown-kiwi|title=Southern Brown Kiwi}}</ref> ==Appearance== This is a large southern brown kiwi. It has red-brown feathers that look like fur. It has small wings and does not fly. It has no tail. It has a long, curved bill, or beak.<ref name=NZB /> The nostrils are at the end of the bill, not at the top near the rest of its face. ==Habitat and food== The Fiordland tokoeka lives in [[Fiordland]] and nearby islands. It lives from the Milford Sound to Lake Te Anau to Preservation Inlet.<ref name=NZB /> The adult Fiordland tokoeka lives alone. It fights other adult kiwis over good places to look for food. It mostly hides during the day and [[nocturnal animals|looks for food at night]].<ref name=NZB /><ref name=Top>{{cite book|title=Top 100 Birding Sites Of The World|accessdate=August 21, 2021|date=June 18, 2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|author=Dominic Couzens|isbn=9781472919854 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zL9lCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22stewart+Island+tokoeka%22&pg=PT607}}</ref><ref name=Adv>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fJ9UGCFfRAQC&dq=%22stewart+island+kiwi%22&pg=PA605|accessdate=August 22, 2021|title=Adventure Guide to New Zealand|author= Bette Flagler |year= 2004|publisher=Hunter Publishing, Incorporated|isbn=9781588435446 }}</ref> ==Threats== There are about 15,000 Fiordland tokoeka alive. The number of Fiordland kiwis is getting smaller because human beings build farms and other things in the places the kiwi like to live and because [[invasive speci