Close up of a New Zealand takahe 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.

---

Size: 5059px × 3338px
Location: Maud Island, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Andrew Digby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bird, birds, bright, close-, color, colorful, colour, colourful, endangered, endemic, fauna, flightless, grass, natural, nature, outdoors, rail, rare, tahake, wild, wildlife