Takahe (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Mill, J. Research involvement in the management of takahe, 1990.

Aotearoa/New Zealand thesaurus, 1992.

Annotated checklist of the birds of New Zealand, 1970.

Web. 3 (Takahe [Maori]: Notornis; Notornis: a genus of flightless birds of New Zealand related to the gallinules; any bird of the genus Notornis)

Phone call to Dr. G. Graves, Smithsonian, Sept. 20, 1994 (use Notornis rather than Porphyrio for takahe)

Chambers, S. Birds of New Zealand, 1989: p. 227 (Takahe; fam. Rallidae; spec.: Notornis mantelli; common name: Takahe; other name: Notornis)

Howard birds world: p. 118 (Porphyrio mantelli; Takahe)

Gruson cklist. world's birds: p. 28 (Notornis mantelli; Takahe)

Sibley, C.G. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world, c1990: p. 229 (Takahe; Porphyrio mantelli; Porphyrio has broader scope than alternate genus Notornis, which has been lumped or merged with Porphyrio)

Foord, M. New Zealand descriptive animal dict., 1990: p. 424 (Takahe; Notornis mantelli; other names: Moho, Tokohea, Mantell's Notornis, Pass Bird)

Talbot-Kelly, C. Collin's handguide to the birds of New Zealand, 1982: p. 69 (Takahe; Notornis mantelli)

Jamieson, I.G. Causes of low reproductive success of translocated takahe (Porphyrio mantelli) on predator-free islands, c1999.

ITIS, Aug. 15, 2003 (Porphyrio mantelli (Owen, 1848) - valid; Notornis mantelli Owen, 1848 - valid)

UNEP-WCMC species database, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2003 (Porphyrio mantelli (Owen, 1848). North Island Takahe, Takahe. Synonym: Notornis mantelli)

Species 2000, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2003 (Accepted Name: Porphyrio mantelli)

Birds to watch 2, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2003 (Takahe, Porphyrio mantelli)

The up-to-date world list of birds, Apr. 2002 version, via WWW, Aug. 15, 2003 (Takahe, Porphyrio mantelli)

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