Thread: Is that a pukeko or a Takahe Oooops!

Not good at all. Takahe breeding pairs form very strong bonds. Considering that only a portion of the 200-250 remaining birds are at a viable breeding age, something like this can have a massive impact on genetic diversity and species survival.

It's gotten to a point where chicks from one pair are sent to a different part of the country to increase diversity. One of the female chicks from the pair at Karori Sanctury (when they were still breeding at Mana Is) went up to Mangatauteri.