BIR053-00356
An endangered rowi kiwi or okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi) at the West Coast Wildlife Centre in Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. This is the rarest of all the kiwi species with fewer than 400 animals remaining. This center is the place where they incubate eggs that are brought in from nests in the wild, increasing the chance of chick survival from 5 percent in the wild to 75 percent if the chick is raised in captivity and then released.
Keywords
- Apteryx rowi
- bird
- black background
- Brown
- captivity
- endangered
- Franz Josef
- Franz Josef Glacier
- full length
- kiwi
- medium shot
- New Zealand
- Okarito brown kiwi
- okarito kiwi
- Photo Ark
- rare
- rowi kiwi
- side view
- studio shot
- West Coast Wildlife Centre
This photo © Joel Sartore 2022. Image usage guidelines
This photo is part of the Photo Ark.
