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The Kiwi

The most famous bird in New Zealand is the kiwi. Most kiwi birds are brown and about the same size as a chicken. The kiwi is one of the birds that cannot fly. People from New Zealand are often called kiwis because of their famous birds. Kiwi birds cannot fly because hundreds of years ago there were no animals in New Zealand except bats and sea animals like dolphins. The kiwi did not need to fly to get away from any animal. It was safe on the island. Kiwi birds cannot see well enough. They find food by smelling it. They are the only birds in the world with nostrils at the end of their long bill. In some ways they are more like a land animal than a bird. If anyone comes near, they run away. Then they stand and smell the air to see if it is safe. Kiwi birds are difficult to see, because they are the colour of the earth. They live in thick trees in quiet areas and they come out at night, not in the day. Now the kiwi is an endangered bird. Most New Zealanders can see them only in a zoo. This is because people cut down many trees where the kiwi likes to live and because of the animals that appeared on the islands together with the Europeans. Some of them began to kill and eat the kiwi birds. That's why today there are only about seventy thousand left in the country.

Kiwi birds are known for their colourful feathers and long wings.

Both the kiwi and the chicken can't fly and they are almost the same size.

The number of the kiwi is growing because they have become pets in New Zealand.

Hundreds of years ago the main inhabitants in New Zealand were bats and sea animals.

Kiwi birds can see better than catch any smells.

The danger for the kiwi came together with the Europeans and the animals they have brought.