This was footage captured recently at one of the kiwi's food stations. It was taken at around 7am, right before this little kiwi would have gone to bed for the day! Clearly being up all night hadn't tired this bird out!

Look at this wee fella go!

A sprightly kiwi has been caught on camera dancing around his feeder before bed time.

The bird, called Rawiri, was filmed at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary just after 7am on Tuesday.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary Rawiri may have been "trying out his moves".

Head ranger Kelly Gough said the footage was so unusual it had to be shared.

"Certainly all the videos up until now, I haven't seen one quite like that.

"The fact he is just jumping around without any provocation... Normally, if they're going to jump around it's because of another kiwi poking them out of the way or giving them a kick."

The footage was taken from inside the kiwi creche where nine kiwi are being kept until they're big enough to fend for themselves. Most of them were born in December and Gough expects them to be released before they turn one.

"There's a little black box in there, which is one of the kiwi's food stations. At the moment, the young kiwi in the creche are going through a weaning process. They're used to eating supplementary food and we're cutting it week-by-week until eventually they're receiving none.

"Every night, around 6.30am, kiwi turn up to have a munch."

The food is a mixture of meat, vegetables and cat biscuits but, just like children, quite often there are veggies left over.

"The older they get, the more territorial they get and they don't tolerate other kiwi in their territory.

"It's quite hard to say [what he's up to]. That little bird is possibly just leaping around because he's full of energy, but it could also be him trying out his moves and practicing his fighting stance and being a little ninja. We're not really sure.

"We've seen them moving sticks and leaves around, which they quite often do outside their burrows. We see them interacting with other kiwis, sometimes they have little fights."

The Otago sanctuary is open for people to visit but, as kiwi are nocturnal creatures, it can be quite hard to see them in person.

"Normally, they're a lot more sedate," said Gough. "Around 7.20am is the latest I've seen them out. They generally won't come out until it's properly dark and they're usually in bed before 7.30 in the morning.

"But I quite like the fact we can get up close and have an experience with kiwi, because it's such a rare thing. There are still a lot of New Zealanders who have never really seen or been close to a kiwi. And they're such neat little birds, they're so unique."