Takahe  (Porphyrio hochstetteri)

Takahe eggs in tussock grass nest

© John McCammon / www.osfimages.com

Takahe sitting on nest

© Frances Furlong/SAL / www.osfimages.com

Takahe adult with chick

© Rod Williams / Auscape International

8 week old takahe chicks amongst tussock grass

© Cindy Buxton / naturepl.com

Takahe chick

© Gerald Cubitt / www.nhpa.co.uk

4 month old takahe chick

© Frances Furlong/SAL / www.osfimages.com

Takahe portrait

© Peter Reese / naturepl.com

Takahe

© John Cancalosi / naturepl.com

Takahe feeding on grass heads

© Tui De Roy / www.osfimages.com

Takahe

© Gerald Cubitt

Takahe facial detail

© Hugh Lansdown / www.flpa-images.co.uk

Takahe walking in grassland

© John Cancalosi / www.ardea.com

Takahe in shallow water

© G. K. Brown / www.ardea.com

Takahe scratching ground with foot

© Ingrid N. Visser / Auscape International

Takahe

© Ingrid N. Visser / Auscape International

Takahe feeding

© Terry Whittaker / Auscape International

Takahe walking across grass

© Terry Whittaker / www.flpa-images.co.uk

Adult takahe preening with wings spread

© John Cancalosi / www.ardea.com

Takahe in grassland habitat

© Mike Potts / naturepl.com

Takahe in habitat

© Tui De Roy / www.osfimages.com

Takahe

© Peter Bassett / naturepl.com

Takahe habitat

© Geoff Moon / naturalvisions.co.uk

Takahe chicks with dummy mother and fed by beaked glove

© Gerald Cubitt