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North Island Takahe Porphyrio mantelli Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Barry Taylor, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, Eduardo de Juana, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 5, 2015
Text last updated May 5, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | takahé de l'illa del Nord |
| Czech | slípka takahe |
| Dutch | Noordereilandtakahe |
| English | North Island Takahe |
| English (United States) | North Island Takahe |
| French | Talève mohoau |
| French (France) | Talève mohoau |
| German | Nordinseltakahe |
| Icelandic | Beykihæna |
| Japanese | タカヘ |
| Norwegian | nordtakahe |
| Polish | takahe północny |
| Russian | Мохау |
| Serbian | Severni takahe (izumro) |
| Slovak | sultánka takahe |
| Spanish | Calamón Takahe de la Isla Norte |
| Spanish (Spain) | Calamón takahe de la Isla Norte |
| Swedish | nordötakahe |
| Turkish | Kuzey Adası Sazhorozu |
| Ukrainian | Такахе пінічний |
Porphyrio mantelli (Owen, 1848)
PROTONYM:
Notornis Mantelli
Owen, 1848. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 3, p.347 pl.56 fig.7-13.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Type a skull from volcanic sand deposits near Waingongoro, South Island, New Zealand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
- mantelli
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the North Island Takahe
