Takahē once roamed across New Zealand’s South Island, but introduced predators, hunting, habitat destruction & competition for food have taken a heavy toll.
For ~50 years, these flightless #birds were presumed extinct, but they were rediscovered in 1948.
There was a close relative of the takahē in the North Island too, the Moho, but that is sadly extinct for real. There is an unconfirmed but plausible account of one being caught in the northern Ruahine Ranges in 1894.
why are there so many flightless birds in NZ? What was unique about NZ? Lack of predators? I mean emus ostriches and cassowaries are velociraptors and deadly. What other small non dangerous flightless birds exist aside from penguins? Wha
20 years ago I worked in NZ with a vet whose grandfather had rediscovered this species. I listened really hard to try and hear one on a kayak trip in the Doubtful Sound but did not sadly. Perhaps I might now. So glad this species is just back from the brink.
Jon Sullivan
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •There was a close relative of the takahē in the North Island too, the Moho, but that is sadly extinct for real. There is an unconfirmed but plausible account of one being caught in the northern Ruahine Ranges in 1894.
https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/north-island-takahe
North Island takahe | Moho | New Zealand Birds Online
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