Takahe

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H-E. Takahe.

Takahe.

Takahe?

Now, say, if you watch any videos about this bird, no, not one person...

I've watched a documentary about this bird-

... and the people in the documentary called it different things.

This night parrot was included in the same family as Kakapo, but they subsequently found it's no relation.

But it's a story not dissimilar to the Takahei, where there were no confirmed sightings of this night parrot between 1912 and 1979, leading to speculation that it was extinct.

But like Takahei, It was discovered and found to be still in existence, but extremely rare.

So like Takahate and like Kakapo, there are high hopes that this species can recover.

So we'll be watching that one.

Humpty, number two.

The Takahe, New Zealand.

This big, flightless bird.

Gorgeous.

Weighs up to seven pounds.

Humpty, Maori knew about them.

Called them Takahe.

But by the late 1800s, European settlers had brought rats, stoats, and deer to New Zealand.