Wait a minute

When did the Mockiwi has a big resemblance with a Kiwi? Well, in that case it may be based on a Kiwi but i don't think it has a resemblance with that bird, like, i don't know what types of Kiwi were found but usually if i'm not wrong their beaks are more long not like of a duck. –   Blower Pot (Talk page | Contributions | Pikmin Fanon)

The "kiwi" thing is probably referring to its seeming lack of wings. It's not a "big resemblance", but it is a resemblance. 2 B (talk) 18:10, August 4, 2023 (EDT)

About the English naming...

While I won’t deny the possibility of the mock in Mockiwi alluding to its resemblance of a kiwi, a part of me feels that the “Mock” could also be taken from the real life Mockingbird