takahē

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The takahē is a large, flightless, and once-thought-extinct New Zealand rail known for its vivid blue-green plumage and conservation success story.

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Label Occurrences
takahē canonical 4
takahē recovery program 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
endemic species
flightless bird
rail
threatened species
binomialName Porphyrio hochstetteri NERFINISHED
bodyLength about 50 cm
bodyMass around 2.3–3.0 kg
breedingSystem monogamous
class Aves
clutchSize 1–3 eggs
commonName South Island takahē NERFINISHED
takahē
conservationApproach captive breeding
intensive management
translocation to predator-free islands
conservationStatus Endangered
countryOfOrigin New Zealand NERFINISHED
diet herbivorous
eats leaf bases of snow tussock
sedges
tussock grasses
endemicTo New Zealand NERFINISHED
family Rallidae NERFINISHED
featuredOn New Zealand postage stamps
genus Porphyrio NERFINISHED
habitat tussock grasslands
valley grasslands
hasBillColor red
hasLegColor red
hasPlumageColor blue
green
iridescent
iucnStatus EN
kingdom Animalia
managedBy New Zealand Department of Conservation NERFINISHED
movementType flightless
nativeTo South Island NERFINISHED
onceThoughtExtinct true
order Gruiformes NERFINISHED
phylum Chordata
primaryHabitat alpine grasslands
rediscoveredAt Murchison Mountains NERFINISHED
rediscoveredBy Geoffrey Orbell NERFINISHED
rediscoveredIn 1948
subjectOf New Zealand conservation programs
symbolOf New Zealand conservation success
taxonRank species
threat habitat loss
introduced predators

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porphyrio includesCommonName takahē
Murchison Mountains knownFor takahē
this entity surface form: takahē recovery program
Anchor Island hasFauna takahē