Actinidia chinensis setosa

Description

This article is about the bird family. For the fruit, see kiwifruit. For other uses, see Kiwi (disambiguation). Kiwi (pronounced ) or kiwis are flightless birds native to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae. At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites (which also consist of ostriches, emus, rheas, and cassowaries), and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world.