What is Stewart Island kiwi?
{{Speciesbox | image =Stewart Island kiwi, Otago Museum, 2016-01-29.jpg | status = Threatened-Nationally Endangered | status_ref =<ref name=Doc /> | status_system = New Zealand | taxon = Apteryx australis lawryi | authority = | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} The '''Stewart Island tokoeka''', '''Stewart Island kiwi''', '''Rakiura tokoeka''' or '''Rakiura kiwi''' (''Apteryx australis lawryi'') is a subspecies of [[southern brown kiwi]]. It lives in [[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> <ref name=SI>{{cite web|url=https://www.stewartisland.co.nz/birds/|accessdate=August 21, 2021|title=Birds|publisher=Stewart Island Promotion Association}}</ref> ==Appearance== The Stewart Island tokoeka is the largest type of southern brown kiwi. It has red-brown feathers that look like fur. It has small wings and does not fly. 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. Experts think the kiwi can smell very well.<ref name=Top /> ==Habitat and family== [[File:DSC 9745 (10741132596).jpg|thumb|right|This Stewart Island kiwi has come to the beach to look for food.]] About 20,000 Stewart Island tokoeka live on [[Stewart Island]]. Unlike other kiwis, they look for food during the day and at night instead of [[nocturnal animals|only at night]].<ref name=SI /> Unlike other kiwis, the Stewart Island tokoeka does not live alone. Instead, Stewart Island tokoeka live in families. The baby kiwis stay with their parents for up to seven years. They help sit in their parents' younger eggs. This makes it so much easier to raise eggs that kiwi parents sometimes have two clutches, groups of eggs, each year.<ref name=Doc>{{cite web|title=Tokoeka – literally meaning 'weka with a walking stick' (Ngāi Tahu) - has three geographicall