Takahe | 台北市立動物園資訊網

In the wild, takahē inhabit native grasslands. They eat mostly the starchy leaf bases of tussock and sedge species, and also tussock seeds when available. If snow ... Read More

In other sites the diet does not vary as much seasonally - pasture grasses are available all year round. Takahē opportunistically take a protein in the form of large ... Read More

由 JA Mills 著作 · 1977 · 被引用 60 次 — When feeding on tussock tillers the outermost leaf is removed before the base is eaten. When on this diet takahe faeces are coherent, fibrous and uniform in size. Read More

The takahē can often be seen plucking a snow grass (Danthonia flavescens) stalk, taking it into one claw, and eating only the soft lower parts, which appears to ... Read More

2019年2月11日 — Takahē mostly eat plants, and they have a very fibrous diet. They can produce 7–​9 metres of poo each day. A row of takahē droppings is called ... Read More

In the wild, takahē live in high-altitude hidden valleys, feeding on snow tussocks and on fern rhizomes. On the offshore islands and mainland sanctuaries to which​ ... Read More

Following conservation and reintroduction efforts South Island takahe have been ... suggest that both sexes spend similar amounts of time feeding the young. Read More

Similarly to the giant panda that has an exclusive diet of bamboo, the Takahē are specialized in one type of food only. They almost exclusively rely on a few ... Read More