This flightless species is known from subfossils from a number of archeological sites and from one possible 1894 record.[4] It appeared to have been even larger than the related South Island takahē (P. hochstetteri) and, if it did survive until the 1890s, would have been the largest rail in historic times.
Taxonomyedit
Traditionally the North Island takahē was considered conspecific with the endangered South Island takahē. Trewick (1996) presented evidence that the two taxa were independently derived from flying ancestors, so proved to be separate species.
The binomial of this bird commemorates the naturalist and civil servant Walter Mantell.
Extinctionedit
The decline of the species has generally been attributed to the increasing incursion of forest into the alpine grasslands through the Holocene, although hunting by the Māori also may have played a big role.
Referencesedit
^BirdLife International (2016). "Porphyrio mantelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22728833A94998264. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728833A94998264.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^"Porphyrio mantelli". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^"moho". Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^Phillipps, W. J. (1969). Maori carving illustrated. A.H. & A.W. Reed. OCLC 25639428.
Phillipps, W. J. (1959): The Last (?) Occurrence of Notornis in the North Island. Notornis8(4): 93–94. [1]
Trewick, S. A. (1996): Morphology and evolution of two takahe: flightless rails of New Zealand. J. Zool.238: 221–237.
Worthy, Trevor H. & Holdaway R. N. (2002): The lost world of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. ISBN0-253-34034-9.
External linksedit
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