The takahe is the largest living member of the rail family and was once thought to be extinct. From Wordnik.com. [ScreenTalk] Reference
Now the takahe was not rediscovered until the late 1940's. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
Glanced again in 1889, Alice thought for years she had seen a takahe. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
The takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) is just one of New Zealand's spectacular endemic birds. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in New Zealand] Reference
The park is also home to the world's only alpine parrot species, namely kea, as well as the endangered takahe. From Wordnik.com. [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference
A few mountain valleys in Fiordland harbor the total wild population (about 170 birds) of the rare and endangered takahe Notornis mantelli (E), a large flightless rail believed extinct until "rediscovered" in 1948. From Wordnik.com. [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference
Mitre 10 sponsors the department's takahe programme. From Wordnik.com. [ScreenTalk] Reference
The annual bird contest rated the takahe second and the kokako third. From Wordnik.com. [Radio New Zealand News Headlines] Reference
The 1,964 acres is a haven for rare birds including kiwi, kaka, takahe and saddleback. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The 1,964 acre-island is a haven for rare birds including kiwi, kaka, takahe and saddleback. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
This afternoon he visited Kapiti Island, where he was greeted by sunshine and birdsong as well as rogue weka and takahe. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
The endangered takahe (Porphyrio mantelli), little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii VU), stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta VU), critically endangered kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), and saddleback (Philesturnus carunculatus) have all been released on offshore islands. From Wordnik.com. [Northland temperate kauri forests] Reference
There are a few heartening examples of so-called Lazarus species lost and then found: the Wollemi pine and the mahogany glider in Australia, the Jerdon's courser in India, the takahe in New Zealand, and, maybe, the ivory-billed woodpecker in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Kapiti Island now has 10 percent of the national population of takahe (Porphyrio mantelli hochstetteri EN) as well as stitchbirds (Notiomystis cincta VU), North Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni EN), long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus VU) and the country's largest population of little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii VU), while Mana Island has Cook Strait giant weta (Deinacrida rugosa VU), the endemic McGregor's skink (Cyclodina macgregori VU) and the gold-striped gecko (Hoplodactylus chrysosirecticus). From Wordnik.com. [Northland temperate forests] Reference
The endangered takahe (Porphyrio mantelli), the largest living member of the rail family, was thought to be extinct until 1948 when a few pairs were rediscovered in Fiordland’s Murchison Mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Fiordland temperate forests] Reference
Is there really any point to fantails and takahe?. From Wordnik.com. [Public Address] Reference
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