The Little Spotted Kiwi is flightless and nocturnal, probing leaf litter and rotten logs for food. DNA confirmed a wild population on the West Coast of the South Island in 2025.
Its plumage is mottled pale brownish grey, with a long pale bill and small pale legs.
It is nocturnal and flightless, probing leaf litter and rotten logs with its bill for invertebrates and other food in soil or decaying wood.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.