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  • Unlike the pukeko, the takahe is flightless and has beautiful iridescent plumage with much large and sturdier feet that can be used in a dexterous way when feeding on the juicy bases of grass and fern.
    Takahe 22_H7C1437.jpg
  • Takahe were roasted and eaten by early sealers.  They were also eaten by early Maori too, as was a slightly larger subspecies of takahe from the North Island, along with several similar flightless birds including the now extinct adzebill.
    Takahe 13_H7C1283.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 18_H7C1364.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 10_H7C1252.jpg
  • Kakapo, critically endangered, New Zealand
    Kakapo 04_H7C5027.jpg
  • The takahe has a huge red bill, adapted for shearing vegetation, topped by a bold red shield.  Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand.
    Takahe 34_H7C1676.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 32_H7C1644.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 29_H7C1531.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 23_H7C1458.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 19_H7C1369.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 15_H7C1302.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 14_H7C1298.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 11_H7C1266.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 08_4857.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 07_4856.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 05_4853.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 04_4852.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 03_4850.jpg
  • A juvenile takahe with a black beak, soon to turn red.
    Takahe 01_4844.jpg
  • Kakapo portrait, endangered, New Zealand
    Kakapo portrait 07_H7C4942.jpg
  • Kakapo, critically endangered, New Zealand
    Kakapo 05_H7C4971.jpg
  • Kakapo, critically endangered, New Zealand
    Kakapo 06_H7C4633.jpg
  • Portrait of Sirocco, a critically endangered kakapo parrot from New Zealand
    Kakapo portrait 01_H7C4931.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 31_H7C1548.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 30_H7C1536.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 28_H7C1526.jpg
  • Previously thought to be primarily vegetarian, the takahe is now known to be an opportunistic feeder.  At times it will eat other birds!  Here, a takahe on Tiritiri Matangi holds a blade of grass, like a peace offering.
    Takahe 27_H7C1524.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 26_H7C1520.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 25_H7C1516.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 16_H7C1320.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 12_H7C1275.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 09_H7C1250.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 02_4845.jpg
  • Takahe portrait, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe Portrait 33_H7C1650.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 21_H7C1412.jpg
  • The nearly extinct takahe is a metaphor for all the New Zealand birds which are genuinely gone for good and can never be rediscovered.  The endangered takahe are a powerful reminder of the many other species that hover perilously close to extinction.
    Takahe 17_H7C1330.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 06_4854.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 24_H7C1486.jpg
  • Takahe, Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
    Takahe 20_H7C1378.jpg
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