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Rarest Kiwi Species Gets Breeding Boost

Source
Scientific American

Publication Date
2014-11-06

Fifty birds flew home last month. Now, 50 may not seem like much and flight might not sound all that unusual for birds, but we’re talking about the critically endangered rowi (Apteryx rowi), New Zealand’s scarcest kiwi species and one of the world’s rarest flightless birds.

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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2014/11/05/rarest-kiwi-species-breeding-boost/