Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute bird keeper Wesley Bailey (center) presented molted kiwi feathers to New Zealand Ambassador to the United States Rosemary Banks (left) for ...
Manukura hatched in 2011, but the female North Island Brown Kiwi was born with white feathers. She became a huge attraction at both Pukaha Mount Bruce, New Zealand's North Island wildlife centre ...
the feathers of the bird - also known as te manu huna a Tāne or the hidden bird of the god of forest Tāne - were highly sought after for prestigious cloaks (kahu kiwi). Some of the other ...