Flightless endemic takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri Mount Bruce Conservation Centre New Zealand

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Flightless endemic takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri Mount Bruce Conservation Centre New Zealand Thought to be extinct it was rediscovered in 1948 near Lake Te Anau in South Island After captive breeding tt has since been reintroduced to predator free islands including Tiritiri and Kapiti

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Location: Mount Bruce Conservation Centre New Zealand
Photo credit: © Mark Boulton / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: bruce, centre, conservation, endangered, endemic, flightless, highly, hochstetteri, indigenous, mount, porphyrio, rail, rallidae, rare, rediscovered, takahe, zealand