Species profile
North Island Takahe
Porphyrio mantelli
Quick answer
Formerly North I. (New Zealand). Extinct ca 1894
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio mantelli
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Porphyrio
- Conservation status
- Extinct
Recording North Island Takahe in your journal
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