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Kiwi is a ratite.
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They are flightless birds, and they live in New Zealand.
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They are the smallest living ratite and lay the largest living egg in relation to their body size of any bird in the world.
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There are five species of kiwi.
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They are great spotted kiwi, little spotted kiwi, Southern Brown Kiwi, Northern Island Kiwi, and Okovito Brown Kiwi.
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Kiwi is the smallest ratite.
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They have hair-like feathers and whiskers of kiwis are mostly grayish- brown in color.
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These birds have no breastbone and tail.
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Female kiwis are larger than males.
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They have external nostrils at the end of their bill and most of them have great sense of smell.
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Their legs are very strong and are used for burrowing.