Takahē
From Conservapedia
| Takahē | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Branch | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Class Information | |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Sub-class | Avialae |
| Order Information | |
| Superorder | Charadriimorphae |
| Order | Ralliformes |
| Sub-order | Ralli |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Rallidae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Porphyrio |
| Species Information | |
| Species | P. hochstetteri |
| Population statistics | |
| Population | 350 (2012)[1] |
The takahē is the largest member of a widespread family of birds known as rails, and is indigenous to the south island of New Zealand. Once widespread, the takahē was reduced in numbers by man and the animals he introduced to such an extent that the bird was declared extinct in 1898. A rediscovery in 1948 allowed scientists to move several individuals to small islands free from predators, where they have slowly increased in number.
