South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
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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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Croatian | krupnokljuna sultanka |
| Czech | slípka novozélandská |
| Dutch | Zuidereilandtakahe |
| English | South Island Takahe |
| English (United States) | South Island Takahe |
| French | Takahé du Sud |
| French (French Guiana) | Takahé du Sud |
| 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, AB", 1883)
PROTONYM:
Notornis Hochstetteri
"Meyer, AB", 1883. Abbild.Vog.Skelett. Lief. 4&5, p.28 pl.34-37.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bare-patch Plains, east of Lake Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand.
Definitions
- PORPHYRIO
- porphyrio
- hochstetteri
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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)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the South Island Takahe