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takahe
(ˈtɑːkəhiː, ‖ ˈtakahe)
Also Takahe.
[Maori.]
= notornis.
1851G. A. Mantell Petrifactions ii. 128 No one had seen such a bird, but all agreed that it was the traditional Moho or Takahé, which they believed was utterly extinct. 1898Daily News 22 Oct. 2/2 The other day a specimen of the takahe..was found in the South Island. 1915Chambers's Jrnl. May 318/2 There are the flightless kiwi, weka, and kakapo parrot; also the very rare takahe. 1966G. Durrell Two in Bush iii. 103 Then, quite suddenly, from behind a large clump of snow grass, a Takahe appeared... I was imagining something about the size of an English Moorhen..but there stood a bird the size of a large turkey. 1978Nature 9 Feb. 507/2 Take, for example, the takahe (Notornis mantelli), a flightless gallinule endemic to New Zealand. |