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Notornis Mantelli
Moho Mo"ho, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A gallinule (Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis.
Notornis Mantelli
Notornis No*tor"nis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the south, or southwest + ? bird.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct.

Meaning of Notornis Mantelli from wikipedia

- were gradually relegated to subspecies: Notornis mantelli mantelli in the North Island, and Notornis mantelli hochstetteri in the South. They were then...
- PMID 38018770. Phillipps, W. J. (1959): The Last (?) Occurrence of Notornis in the North Island. Notornis 8(4): 93–94. [1] Worthy, Trevor H. & Holdaway R. N. (2002):...
- R. B.; Lee, W. G.; Mara, M. K. (1991). "Food Selection by Takahe Notornis mantelli in Relation to Chemical Composition". Ornis Scandinavica (Scandinavian...
- specimen had come from Norfolk Island, and ****igned the species to the genus Notornis as N. alba; the takahē (P. hochstetteri) of New Zealand was also placed...
- castaneothorax Gould 1849 Pl. XII Ptiloris Victoriae Gould 1850 (opp. P. 212) Notornis Mantelli Owen Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Plate drawn...
- causing extensive damage to vegetation and competition with takahe (Notornis mantelli), a rare flightless bird. Hunting on foot and especially by helicopter...
- Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) and New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) in Tongariro Forest, New Zealand" (PDF). Notornis. 66: 1–15 – via The Ornithological...
- goose or tarepo (Cnemiornis gracilis), the North Island takahē (Porphyrio mantelli) and various small vertebrates, including frogs, skinks, geckos and bats...
- paepae (prehistoric or c. 1900) North Island takahē, or moho, Porphyrio mantelli (prehistoric or 1890s) New Caledonian swamphen, Porphyrio ****wiedei (prehistoric...
- resembles native descriptions of P. paepae. North Island takahē, Porphyrio mantelli (North Island, New Zealand, late 19th century) Known from subfossil bones...