MAKE A MEME View Large Image Notornis hochstetteri0359.png en The Takahē or South Island Takahē Porphyrio hochstetteri is a flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand and belonging to the rail family It was thought to be extinct after the last four known specimens ...
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Keywords: Extinctbirds1907 P34 Notornis hochstetteri0359.png en The Takahē or South Island Takahē Porphyrio hochstetteri is a flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand and belonging to the rail family It was thought to be extinct after the last four known specimens were taken in 1898 However after a carefully planned search effort the bird was rediscovered by Geoffrey Orbell near Lake Te Anau in the Murchison Mountains South Island on November 20 1948 Extinct birds an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times that is within the last six or seven hundred years to which are added a few which still exist but are on the verge of extinction By Lionel Walter Rothschild 2nd Baron Rothschild 8 February 1868 � 27 August 1937 http //www archive org/details/extinctbirdsatte00roth Creator John Gerrard Keulemans 1907 Not in copyright Public Domain Original PD-old-100 Extinct Birds Rothschild book 34 John Gerrard Keulemans Porphyrio hochstetteri illustrations
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