Takahē
Appearance
| Takahē | |
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| Takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) | |
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| Momo: | P. hochstetteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Porphyrio hochstetteri (A. B. Meyer, 1883) | |
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.
Tohutoro
[takatā | takatā pūtake]- Robertson, C J R. (Etita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.

