A large flightless bird with deep blue and olive-green plumage and a thick red bill and legs.

wildlife / birds

Takahē

A South Island Takāhē, once thought extinct and now one of the world's rarest flightless birds, forages in a New Zealand sanctuary with its deep blue-green plumage and heavy red bill.

Location
New Zealand
Trip
Oceania 2013-2023
Date
26 July 2019
Capture
iPhone 6s · iPhone 6s back camera 4.15mm f/2.2 · 4.2mm · f/2.2 · 1/50 · ISO 25