South Island Takahe
Porphyrio hochstetteri(Meyer, AB, 1883)
English (US) South Island Takahe
The South Island Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: mountains of southern South Island (New Zealand); reintroduced to several offshore islands and mainland sanctuaries, including on North Island; endangeredRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio hochstetteri
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- South Island Takahe
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Notornis Hochstetteri
- Described by
- (Meyer, AB, 1883)
- Type locality
- Bare-patch Plains, east of Lake Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten herausgegeben mit UnterstĂĽtzung der Generaldirection der K. Sammlungen fĂĽr Kunst und Wissenschaft in Dresden Lief. 4&5 p.28 pl.34-37
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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