NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
North Island Takahe
Porphyrio mantelli (Owen, 1848)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The North Island takahē (Māori: moho) (Porphyrio mantelli) is an extinct species of flightless swamphen that was native to the North Island of New Zealand. It is closely related to the living South Island takahē.
Wikipedia contributors, North Island takahē; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:17:42.808637+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio mantelli (Owen, 1848)
- Name authority
- (Owen, 1848)
- Common name
- North Island Takahe
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Porphyrio
- Extinction status
- Recorded extinct
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusPorphyrio Brisson, 1760
- speciesPorphyrio mantelli (Owen, 1848)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Porphyrio. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South Island TakahePorphyrio hochstetteri (A. B. Meyer, 1883) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed SwamphenPorphyrio indicus Horsfield, 1821 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonia GallinulePorphyrio kukwiedei Balouet & Olson, 1989 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1801) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White SwamphenPorphyrio albus (Shaw, 1790) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Notornis mantelli Owen, 1848 Owen, 1848 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562423 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4LZ57. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.