Weka
| Weka | |
|---|---|
Conservation status
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Vulnerable
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| Scientific classification | |
| Mātāmuatanga: | Animalia
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| Pori: | Chordata
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| Pūtoi: | Aves
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| Pūtoi: | Gruiformes
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| Whānau: | Rallidae
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| Puninga: | Gallirallus
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| Momo: | G. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gallirallus australis (Sparrman, 1786)
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Ko te Weka he manu ngahere nō Aotearoa. Ko ngā huruhuru he ura. Ka tau tēnei manu ki te whenua, kaore ia e rere. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao ko Gallirallus australis. Ko te ingoa reo Pākehā ko te Woodhen, engari kua āhua tawhito taua ingoa i nāianei.
Tohutoro
- Robertson, C J R. (Etita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.