New Zealand South Island takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri) - an endangered flightless rail
The takahe is a large, flightless rail, endemic to New Zealand. Thought extinct in 1898, it was rediscovered in 1948. Some 200 individuals now survive, on offshore islands and in their original habitat in Fiordland.
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Location: Maud Island, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Andrew Digby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: bird, birds, endangered, endemic, fauna, flightless, grass, natural, nature, outdoors, rail, rare, tahake, wild, wildlife
