Takahē

Porphyrio hochstetteri

The South Island takahē is a flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand and the largest living member of the rail family. It is often known by the abbreviated name takahē, which it shares with the recently extinct North Island takahē. The two takahē species are also known as notornis.

Ko te Takahē he manu ngahere nō Aotearoa. He manu nō te ngahere, kaore e rere. Kei Te Wai-pounamu anake. He rite, he nui ake i te pūkeko. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Porphyrio hochstetteri. I ngā wā o mua he Takahē anō nō Te Ika-a-Māui; kua ngaro atu kē; engari, i ngā tau kua pahure ake nei, kua mauria atu ētahi Takahē ki Tiritiri-matangi, he motu e tata ana ki Tāmaki-makau-rau, ki Maungatautari i te Waikato, hei wāhi noho pai mō ēnei manu mōrehu.

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