North Island Takahe
Porphyrio mantelli(Owen, R, 1848)
English (US) North Island Takahe
The North Island Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli) 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: formerly North Island (New Zealand); extinct ca. 1894Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio mantelli
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- North Island Takahe
- Described by
- (Owen, R, 1848)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Notornis Mantelli
- Described by
- (Owen, R, 1848)
- Type locality
- Type a skull from volcanic sand deposits near Waingongoro, South Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 3, pt.5 p.347 pl.56 fig.7-13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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