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Story: Ngā manu – birds

Bird calls: North Island brown kiwi

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Listen to the call of the North Island brown kiwi.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Sound files from Birds of New Zealand. Compact disc. © Viking Sevenseas NZ (P O Box 152, Paraparaumu), 1980. All rights reserved. Images supplied by Carl Walrond, Department of Conservation, Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand.

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Kelly Keane, Ngā manu – birds – Birds’ names, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/natural-sounds/12179/bird-calls-north-island-brown-kiwi (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Kelly Keane, published 1 March 2009, updated 17 February 2015.