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	TerraNature \| New Zealand Ecology - Takahe
		Takahe are one of New Zealand's storm-blown land bird migrants from the Australian continent.
		The remaining species is the remnant of the South Island population resulting from speciation.
		Another three takahe were found the same way, but this was all that was known about the bird in 1900 so it was assumed to be extinct.
	www.terranature.org /takahe.htm (930 words)

	Nuova Zelanda: Tutte le informazioni su Nuova Zelanda su Encyclopedia.it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		La South Island è molto più compatta ed omogenea, lungo il bordo occidentale è percorsa dalle Alpi Neozelandesi, particolarmente elevate nella parte centrale, con numerose cime oltre i 3.000 m, la più alta delle quali è il monte Cook (3.764 m), seguita dal Tasman (3.499 m).
		Lo stretto di Foveaux separa la South Island dall'isola Stewart, con modesti rilievi (monte Anglem 980 m, monte Allen), in parte di natura vulcanica (a nord) e i restanti di natura granitica.
		Nella South Island i principali fiumi scendono verso l'Oceano Pacifico: Clutha (322 km), Waitaki (209 km), Taieri, Mataura.
	www.encyclopedia.it /n/nu/nuova_zelanda.html (2088 words)

	Takahe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Takahē, Porphyrio mantelli, is a flightless bird native to New Zealand which belongs to the rail family.
		It was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in the Murchison Mountains on the South Island in 1948.
		The near-extinction of the Takahē is due to a number of factors, but over-hunting, loss of habitat and introduced predators have all played a part.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Takahe (274 words)

	takahe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, is a flightless bird native to New Zealand which belongs to the rail family.
		It was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered on South Island in 1948.
		The near-extinction of the Takahe is due to a number of factors, but over-hunting, loss of habitat and introduced predators have all played a part.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /takahe.html (232 words)

	Kakapo: Then & Now: Habitat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Unfortunately, the island only ever hosted one successful breeding attempt - when Flossie raised three chicks to Richard Henry in 1998 - and so the decision was made to remove kakapo from the island in favour of keeping them on larger, forested islands in southern New Zealand.
		Stewart Island is New Zealand's third-largest island, and lies in the wild westerly belt south of the South Island.
		Pearl Island lies at the entrance of Port Pegasus, in southern Stewart Island, and was an important centre for kakapo recovery in 1998-99.
	www.kakaporecovery.org.nz /then/habitat.html (1067 words)

	AMNH - Expedition : Endangered
		Takahes feed on fern roots and young shoots of native tussock grass -- a rather specialized diet.
		A tiny breeding population was discovered in 1977 on Stewart Island, a small island off the coast of New Zealand.
		These birds were moved to the less populated nearby islands of Little Barrier and Codfish to ensure their survival -- but the kakapo remains severely endangered, and probably won't survive much longer.
	www.amnh.org /nationalcenter/Endangered/zealand/zealand.html (679 words)

	Takahe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Takahe are classified as an endangered species and are managed by the Department of Conservation.
		A takahe looks similar to the common fl and blue pukeko but is much larger and is green rather than fl over the back.
		Takahe have lived over 20 years in captivity but in the wild few birds reach this age.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/001~Plants-and-Animals/001~Native-Animals/Takahe.asp (762 words)

	New Zealand birds Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Several species are now confined only to offshore islands, or to fenced "mainland islands" from which predators have been eliminated.
		In some cases (tui, kaka, weka, pukeko, moa, kiwi, kea, kokako, takahe) the Maori name is the common name.
		South Island kokako Callaeas cinerea cinerea, Probably extinct
	www.sparrow.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/new_zealand_birds.html (403 words)

	Australia and New Zealand 2001 - Emmalee Tarry
		Takahe - Endemic Bird On The Brink of Extinction
		The Takahe is a large member of the family Rallidae closely related to the Purple Gallinule.
		It is flightless and before the arrival of introduced predators it was widespread over both the north and south islands.
	www.neseabirds.com /Australia/ANZtiritirpage4.htm (894 words)

	Takahe - TheBestLinks.com - North Island Takahe, Animal, Bird, Chordate, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Takahe - TheBestLinks.com - North Island Takahe, Animal, Bird, Chordate,...
		North Island Takahe, Takahe, Animal, Bird, Chordate, New Zealand, 1948, 1848...
		The Takahe is found in alpine grasslands habitats.
	www.thebestlinks.com /North_Island_Takahe.html (238 words)

	Forest Fauna
		Included are: kokako, rifleman, hihi, takahe, and yellow-crowned parakeet.
		South Island takahe will be introduced to replace the now extinct North Island takahe.
		The Sanctuary hopes that Cook Strait tuatara will be re-introduced to the North Island mainland for the first time in over 100 years once mice have been eradicated.
	www.sanctuary.org.nz /restoration/forest/forest_fauna.html (862 words)

	Lecture 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All Polynesian islands were largely or completely forested prior to man's arrival; many of these islands have only small remnants, if any, left of this original vegetation.
		The species was introduced to Guam (Mariana Islands), a small (45 x 6 to 13 km) island between Japan and New Guinea, during the late 1940's - early 1950's by military transport.
		As the species spread across the island, species diversity of forest-dwelling birds (where the snake occurs) declined from a maximum of 10 to as low as 0.
	venus.uwindsor.ca /courses/biology/macisaac/55-437/lecture11.htm (3487 words)

	Mana Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mana is a small island, a few kilometers into the sea to the west of Plimmerton and Camborne; it can be quite clearly seen from Plimmerton Beach.
		As a result, it is now again a safe place for its original inhabitants: the kiwi, the takahe, the skink, the weta,...
		Takahe and kiwi are both flightless birds - on the mainland they are endangered by cats and other predators.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/kristiaan/manae.htm (379 words)

	takahe -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		(species Notornis mantelli), rare flightless bird of New Zealand that was thought to have become extinct in the late 1800s but that was rediscovered in 1948 in several remote valleys on South Island.
		Related to the gallinules (family Rallidae), it is a colourful species with brilliant blue and coppery-green plumage and a large red bill, surmounted by a red frontal shield...
		The islands' prolonged isolation has encouraged the development of species unknown to the rest of the world; almost 90 percent of the indigenous plants are peculiar to the country.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9071002 (423 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Rediscovered Animals
		Given that the size of the island is 642 km² and that the area of occupancy is likely to be considerably smaller, a listing of Vulnerable due to restricted distribution seems reasonable.
		The presence of an island resort at Sanakuda island, close to the Badakuda island is creating concern among the environmental community.
		Gallotia Lizards - Lizards of the Canary Islands.
	www.petermaas.nl /extinct/rediscovered.htm (3739 words)

	TAKAHE - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		The place is now known as Takahe Valley, and the range of the South Island takahe has been found to extend over much of the Murchisons and part of the Kepler Mountains immediately to the south.
		As with the moas, takahe are primarily grazing animals, though young chicks feed mainly on insects.
		A bowl-like nest of snowgrass leaves is made on the ground beneath the shelter of tussocks or scrub, and the clutch of one or two eggs is incubated by both birds of a pair for about four weeks.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/T/Takahe/en?print=true (538 words)

	Christine's Birding Logs - South Island
		My passage to the South Island was the next day, and left from a dock (quay) in downtown Wellington.
		I had two options: I could go to Stewart Island, the only place I could reasonably expect to find a kiwi, or I could follow the advice of numerous other tourists I had met, and go whale-watching in Kaikoura.
		I even passed right by a reserve that was home to the formerly-extinct-but-rediscovered, Takahe, a gorgeous, flightless rail colored a deep blue.
	www.christinevadai.com /birdlog/nz_south_island.html (969 words)

	The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ
		It is usual North)`-'7 to refer to the main islands as `the Island (c` North Island' and `the South Island'.
		The Chatham Islands are well east of New Zealand (850kms) and have their own `Time Zone' in as much as their clocks are always 45 mins ahead of the rest of NZ and I guess they keep in step with changes to and from NZDT.
		The North Island's main mountains are all volcanoes: Ruapehu (2797m/9175'), Ngauruhoe (2291m), and Tongariro (1968m) in the centre, and Taranaki (2518m) to the west.
	www.nz.com /NZ/nzfaq.html (14951 words)

	About Elwyn welch and the takahe
		The takahe had long been regarded as extinct until a party led by Dr Geoffrey Orbell rediscovered the secretive bird in the Murchison Mountains in 1947.
		A clandestine trip was made to the South Island, with the secret bantams, and a number of takahe chicks were retrieved from the mountains.
		Welch and his co-conspirators travelled under assumed names, and news of the successful capture and raising of the takahe was kept entirely from the public.
	www.mtbruce.org.nz /elwyn_welch_more.htm (795 words)

	South Island of New Zealand (Endemic Birds Areas of the world)
		General characteristics This EBA encompasses the Southern Alps and Fiordland of New Zealand's South Island, reaching 3,754 m on Mt Cook and including the upper reaches of eastward-flowing rivers such as the Rakaia and Waitaki.
		Offshore islands are also included as they are important refuges for many native birds.
		Anarhynchus frontalis is subject to predation by stoats and cats, but also suffers from a decline in the quality of nesting habitat owing to encroachment of weeds as hydroelectric schemes reduce seasonal flooding of riverbeds.
	www.birdlife.org /datazone/ebas?action=EbaHTMDetails.asp&sid=207&m=0 (713 words)

	Dizzy With Birds - International Wildlife Magazine - National Wildlife Federation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It's a takahe, an extraordinary, huge flightless gallinule long believed to be extinct until rediscovered in a remote mountain range 50 years ago.
		His attention was first drawn to this uninspiring little island by a rather fortuitous accident in 1974, involving the unintentional release of captive-bred, endangered red-crowned parakeets originally intended for a distant offshore island.
		After that came takahes, highly endangered and the subject of intense breeding management, followed by New Zealand robins and little spotted kiwis—enigmatic, flightless nocturnal birds that sniff out their dinners on the forest floor with sensitive nostrils at the tips of their long beaks.
	www.nwf.org /internationalwildlife/2001/tiri.html (2567 words)

	Takahe Location Map
		It is in the South Island of New Zealand at the bottom, left-hand side.
		Takahe Stream runs into Lake Orbell, which is in Takahe Valley.
		Small numbers of takahe are held for public display at the Wildlife Centre (Te Anau) and at the National Wildlife Centre (Mount Bruce, near Masterton).
	www.kcc.org.nz /birds/takahe/map.asp (111 words)

	JRULM: Images of Birds: Case 17: Birds of Australia and New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Takahe (Notornis mantelli) is a rare flightless bird peculiar to New Zealand.
		It was thought to have become extinct in the late 1880s, but was rediscovered in 1948 in several remote valleys in the South Island.
		It is related to the gallinules, and feeds by stripping seeds from grasses.
	rylibweb.man.ac.uk /data1/dg/exhibition/birds/case17.html (103 words)

	Extinct and Endangered Animals : Takahe
		However, the species was rediscovered in 1948 in an almost inaccessible valley on South Island.
		A reserve was immediately established, and now there are about 250 takahé living in an approximately 500 square kilometre area.
		The takahé has not bred in captivity and has not been seen on North Island since the late 1800s.
	www.animalport.com /extinct-animals/Takahe.html (117 words)

	Flynn in New Zealand, January 2000
		For orientation, I've included a south island map that highlights the spots for which there are pictures below.
		After spending Xmas and New Year's in Australia (where she had spent a semester of "uni"), she was travelling to NZ for a week but didn't have anyone to travel with there.
		Two shots of the south ridge view from Alfred Mountain, overlooking Glenarchy, Lake Wakatipu and Pig and Pigeon Islands.
	www.geocities.com /jtflynn/00nz.html (1103 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Clutch size is one to three, the eggs are pale buff with irregular blotches of mauve and brown.
		Scientists at Otago University are attempting to persuade female Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio, a common relative of the Takahe, to foster Takahe young.
		There are plans to increase the number of Takahe within the island reserves through further translocations and introductions.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/takahe.htm (338 words)

	TrekEarth \| Sign Of The Takahe New Zealand Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Sign of the Takahe is an historic building of national importance.
		The southwest corner features a baroque three-storeyed crenellated tower, common in the 17 th Century, and the eastern aspect, featuring the main entrance, is in the style of a Dickensian Inn from late 18th Century England.
		Many of the artisans on the Sign of the Takahe building were government funded unemployed workers during the Depression era, and other volunteers drafted in by Harry Ell.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/photo100907.htm (578 words)

	★ Christchurch New Zealand Guide. Information, links and Picture
		Christchurch is a city on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
		It lies at the southern end of Pegasus Bay, in the middle of the east coast of the South Island, between Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains.
		It is bounded, to the east by the Pacific Ocean coast and the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote rivers, to the south and south-east by the volcanic slopes of the Port Hills and in the north by the Waimakariri river.
	www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information/Christchurch+New+Zealand.html (1409 words)

	Nature Discoveries: New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The takahe, a flightless gallinule, was thought to be extinct, but was rediscovered in the 1960's.
		A small population was introduced to Kapiti Island, and we usually encounter them close at hand.
		The South Island's wonders are legendary: we'll explore rainforests, coastlines, glaciers, and snow capped mountains.
	www.rit.edu /~mkbsma/naturediscoveries-wwwA/newzeal/newzeal.htm (1035 words)

	DOC: Regional Information: Conservation in the Nelson/Marlborough Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Key species protection programmes include blue duck, giant land snails, tuatara, native frogs, kaka, takahe, mohua and threatened plants.
		Offshore Islands which are maintained free of predators are vital for conservation.
		Our largest ecological management programme is the Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project, a 'mainland island' which aims to create a pest-free refuge in 800ha of beech forest.
	www.doc.govt.nz /regional-info/009~Nelson-Marlborough/004~Conservation/index.asp (165 words)

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