The rediscovery of the takahē | 台北市立動物園資訊網
2018年11月20日—On20November1948InvercargilldoctorGeoffreyOrbellledateam–includingNeilMcCrostie,RexWatsonandJoanTelfer–deepintothe ...
Seventy years ago today, New Zealand was given a second chance to save a taonga once thought extinct.On 20 November 1948 Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell led a team – including Neil McCrostie, Rex Watson and Joan Telfer – deep into the remote Murchison Mountains of Fiordland National Park. They were on the hunt for a species declared extinct half a century before.
Spurred on by determination, and belief that previously unidentified signs – strange bird calls and footprints in the tussock – could only belong to one particular bird, the expedition came to what is now known as Lake Orbell.
There, standing half a metre high, bright iridescent blue and green and eyeing them with indifference was Notornis.
Takahē had c...
Takahē rediscovered – Southland region – Te Ara ... | 台北市立動物園資訊網
The rediscovery of the takahē | 台北市立動物園資訊網
South Island takahē | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Celebrating 70 years since takahē rediscovery | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Takahe | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Takahē | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Rediscovering the 'extinct' takahē in 1948 | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Watch | 台北市立動物園資訊網
【紅冠水雞】:秧雞科;
通常單獨或成對行動。仔細觀察,牠會常常點頭。因為飛不高,所以不常飛行。鳥爸爸和鳥媽媽會一起照顧小鳥寶寶。肉食性動物名...
【白腹秧雞】:秧雞科;暫無危機 LC
動物名稱:白腹秧雞White-breastedWaterhen所在區域:鳥園區保護類別:暫無危機LC棲息地帶::