Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | takahé de l'illa del Sud |
| Croatian | krupnokljuna sultanka |
| Czech | slípka novozélandská |
| Dutch | Zuidereilandtakahe |
| English | South Island Takahe |
| English (United States) | South Island Takahe |
| French | Talève takahé |
| French (France) | Talève takahé |
| German | Takahe |
| Japanese | ナントウタカヘ |
| Norwegian | sørtakahe |
| Polish | takahe południowy |
| Russian | Такахе |
| Serbian | Takahe |
| Slovak | sultánka novozélandská |
| Spanish | Calamón Takahe |
| Spanish (Spain) | Calamón takahe |
| Swedish | sydötakahe |
| Turkish | Güney Adası Sazhorozu |
| Ukrainian | Такахе південний |
Porphyrio hochstetteri (Meyer, 1883)
PROTONYM:
Notornis Hochstetteri
Meyer, 1883. Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten herausgegeben mit Unterstützung der Generaldirection der K. Sammlungen für Kunst und Wissenschaft in Dresden Lief. 4&5, p.28 pl.34-37.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bare-patch Plains, east of Lake Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
- hochstetteri
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)
South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri Scientific name definitions
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 28, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 28, 2015
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri
Authors
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). South Island Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.takahe3.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- June 28, 2015
- South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri
Authors
Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and C. J. Sharpe (2015). South Island Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
