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Incubation temperatures of the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx australis mantelli)

  • Publication Type

    Journal Article

  • Publication Year

    1978

  • Author(s)

    B. Rowe

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    25, 3

  • Pagination

    213-217

  • Article Type

    Paper

  • DOI

    https://doi.org/10.63172/775141iixtcy

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Incubation temperatures of the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx australis mantelli)

Notornis, 25 (3), 213-217

B. Rowe (1978)

Article Type: Paper

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Incubation temperatures of the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx australis mantelli) were studied by telemetry methods. Using the equipment described, the temperature was found to be 37.0°C on the upper surface of the egg in contact with the male’s brood patch and 35.0°C at an approximate embryo depth within the egg. Using the temperatures obtained and to test the observation that the eggs are not turned, artificial incubation of a kiwi egg was successfully carried out.