takahen.
/ˈtɑːkəhi/ = notornis n.
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1851 G. 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.
1898 Daily News 22 Oct. 2/2 The other day a specimen of the takahe..was found in the South Island.
1915 Chambers's Jrnl. May 318/2 There are the flightless kiwi, weka, and kakapo parrot; also the very rare takahe.
1966 G. 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.
1978 Nature 9 Feb. 507/2 Take, for example, the takahe (Notornis mantelli), a flightless gallinule endemic to New Zealand.
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