Takahe

Whakamārama:

He manu nō te ngahere, kaore e rere. Kei Te Whakataka-Kārehu-a-Tamatea anake. He rite, he nui ake i te pūkeko.

Scope Note:

A large heavy-bodied flightless rail resembling the pūkeko/swamp hen. In the wild it is now found only in Fiordland. The North Island subspecies is extinct. Porphyrio mantelli hochstetteri.

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