Aug. 20th, 2015

notornis

Aug. 20th, 2015 09:54 am
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notornis (noh-TAWR-nis) - n., a rare flightless New Zealand bird (Porphyrio hochstetteri, formerly Notornis mantelli) of the rail family.


Also called takahē, from the Maori. Native to South Island, thought to be extinct at the end of the 19th century but rediscovered in 1948 and still needing heavy conservation efforts. The name is from the former genus name (it was reorganized from a solo genus into the swamphens), from Greek notos, south + ornīs, bird.

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