ABOUT KIWIS

KIWIS are birds that are only found in NEW ZEALAND. They are a national icon, so much so that someone from New Zealand is called a “kiwi.” These brown, chicken-sized birds cannot fly, but instead use their strong, short legs to get around. The kiwi has a long beak with nostrils at the end so it can find its food by smell, which is mainly worms, grub, seeds and bugs. Something unique about the kiwi is that the females lay very large eggs for their size. A kiwi egg is about 6 times the size of a chicken egg!