What is Great spotted kiwi?
{{Speciesbox | image =Great spotted kiwi, apteryx haastii - colour corrected.jpg | status =VU | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22678132/92756666 |accessdate=August 27, 2021 |title=Great Spotted Kiwi: ''Apteryx haastii'' |author=BirdLife International |year=2016 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |volume=2016 |page=e.T22678132A92756666 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678132A92756666.en}}</ref> | status_system = IUCN | taxon = Apteryx haasti | authority = (Potts, 1872) | range_map =Apteryx haastii Distribution.jpg |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} The '''great spotted kiwi''' (''Apteryx haastii'') is a species of [[kiwi]]. This bird does not fly. It runs on the ground.<ref name=NZB>{{cite web|publisher=New Zealand Birds Online|accessdate=August 27, 2021|url=https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/great-spotted-kiwi|title=Great spotted kiwi}}</ref> ==Appearance== This bird has gray-brown feathers with white bands. Its bill, or beak, is long and pale in color. Its legs and toes are short and dark. Sometimes young great spotted kiwi look like adult [[little spotted kiwi]].<ref name=NZB /> ==Habitat== This bird lives in forests, scrublands, and hilly grasslands up to just below the [[Alpine zone]]. This bird lives in three places: Nelson and North Westland, the Paparoa Mountains, and the Southern Alps. In 2012, there were about 15,000 great spotted kiwis alive.<ref name=NZB /> There used to be many more great spotted kiwi, but [[introduced species|human beings brought]] dogs and [[stoat]]s, which killed many.<ref name=NZB /> ==Food== Great spotted kiwi hide during the day in a burrow, crack in rock crevice, or hollow tree. They [[nocturnal animals|look for food at night]]. They walk on the ground and tap it with their beaks. They use their beaks to catch earthworms, [[beetle]] [[larvae]], and other [[invertebrates|animals without spines]] in the leaf litter and underground. They live in pairs. Adult kiwi will fight other kiwi over good plac