takahe

ta·ka·he

T0020100 (tə-kä′ē, tə-kī′)n. Either of two flightless birds of New Zealand in the rail family, Porphyrio mantelli, which is extinct, and Porphyrio hochstetteri, which is endangered, having a large red bill and brightly colored green and blue plumage.

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[Maori takahē.]

takahe

(ˈtɑːkəˌhiː) n (Animals) a very rare flightless New Zealand rail, Notornis mantelli[from Māori, of imitative origin]

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takahe - flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinulesnotornis, Notornis mantellirail - any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mudgenus Notornis - a genus of Rallidae