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Takahe

Birds
The South Island takahē is a flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand and the largest living member of the rail family. It is often known by the abbreviated name takahē, which it shares with the recently extinct North Island takahē. The two... Wikipedia
Conservation status: Endangered (Population increasing)
Scientific name: Porphyrio hochstetteri
Class: Aves
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Porphyrio
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Gruiformes