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South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri Scientific name definitions

Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 28, 2015

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Distribution of the South Island Takahe - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the South Island Takahe

Recommended Citation

del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). South Island Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.takahe3.01
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