takahe

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


Maori name for an extinct NewZealand Rail, Notornis mantelli, Owen.See Notornis.

1889. Prof. Parker, 'Catalogue of New Zealand Exhibition,'p. 116:

«The Takahe is the rarest of existing native birds, if indeedit is not already extinct.»