Takahe
The South Island takahē is a flightless swamphen indigenous to New Zealand. From 1800 to 1900, only four takahe birds were seen and people believed these birds were extinct. Dr. Geoffrey Orbell walked all over New Zealand searching for them. Finally, in 1948, he found 250 birds living in a mountain valley. Scientists all over the world were excited about Dr. Orbell’s discovery. Since then, many birds have been moved to some protected islands in New Zealand where there are no predators. Takahes have been around for about 8 million years.
