Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli) - HBW 3, p. 197
French: Talève takahé
German: Takahe
Spanish: Calamón Takahe
Taxonomy: Notornis Mantelli Owen, 1848, Waingongoro, North Island, New Zealand.
Occasionally still placed in genus Notornis (see page 112). Nominate race of North I, New Zealand, recently extinct. One extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hochstetteri (A. B. Meyer, 1883) - SW South I, New Zealand.
- Endangered Enlarge map
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A bird digging up roots under a bush. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 24 weeks ago 28 sec 4.7 -
Close up. This bird approached me when I was relaxing on a grass verge. Locality Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Doug and Denise Norris 19 June 2012 16 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 56 sec 4.6 -
The winner (very brief) and then the badly beaten loser of the fight. The loser lost the female which was previously its mate Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Brooke Clibbon 4 November 2005 6 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
Two males fighting for a female who stands by (part 1) Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Brooke Clibbon 4 November 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 4.4 -
Birds with radio tracking equipment. Locality Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Doug and Denise Norris 1 March 2013 16 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 53 sec 4.3 -
Bird stopping to preen in predator proof facility. Locality Mount Bruce, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Doug and Denise Norris 26 August 2010 17 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 59 sec 4.3
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Adult bird foraging in a meadow.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Martin Främke 17 March 2012 22 weeks ago 4.6 -
A bird feeding by digging up roots near a nest site.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 24 weeks ago 4.5 -
Defecating bird (a vegetarian species !)
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Georges Olioso 16 November 2005 4 years ago 4.3 -
Close-up of an adult feeding next to its nest.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 12 weeks ago 4.2 -
One adult
Locality Kapiti Island, North Island, New Zealand
Rémi Bigonneau 29 June 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird feeding in a field after heavy rain.
Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp hochstetteri)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 13 weeks ago 3.4
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Calls by adult birds. Locality Zealandia, Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp hochstetteri)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2013 6 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one individual from nest under a bush. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp hochstetteri)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 11 weeks ago 3
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