A pukeko, also known as the purple swamphen, is generally smaller than a takahe. Adult pukekos typically weigh around 0.8 to 1.2 kg and measure about 40-50 cm in length. In contrast, takahe are significantly larger, weighing between 2.5 to 4 kg and measuring about 60-70 cm long. Therefore, the takahe is notably bulkier and larger than the pukeko.
Takahe and pukeko are similar in appearance because, although the takahe is flightless and the pukeko is not, they are both members of the rail family (Rallidae).
takahe
takahe
The Takahe bird.
the kiwi,tui,weta,pukeko,kea,kakapo and the takahe
they grow about 5in and a cm.
The Kiwi, the Bellbird, the Tui, the Wood Pigeon, the Rifleman and the Moa (This one is extinct now)! the pukeko, the kea, takahe, kaka, kakariki, Huia (also extinct)
Originally the takahe had no predators, but when People came to its habitat in New Zealand, they brought goats, which ate the vegetation and ruined the enviroment, and rats who ate the takahe's eggs. People tried to get rid of rats, which had become the takahe's main predator, by introducing weasels, but the weasels just ate more takahe as well as baby takahe. So to answer your question, rats, weasels, and man are the takahe's predators.
Pukeko Pictures was created in 2008.
a pukeko move around by flying around
A pukeko can run about 21 K an hour
No, they are birds. Pukeko is the New Zealand name for the Purple Swamphen.