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The weka, also known as the Māori hen [2] or woodhen (Gallirallus australis) is a flightless bird species of the rail family. It is endemic to New Zealand . Some authorities consider it as the only extant member of the genus Gallirallus . [ 3 ]
Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (Weka) is a collection of machine learning and data analysis free software licensed under the GNU General Public License. It was developed at the University of Waikato , New Zealand and is the companion software to the book "Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques".
Bush hen is a name used for a number of bird species: Plain bush-hen (Amaurornis olivacea) Isabelline bush-hen (Amaurornis isabellina) Talaud bush-hen (Amaurornis magnirostris) Weka, (Gallirallus australis) a flightless bird endemic to New Zealand
The first illustration of the South Island takahē from Gideon and Walter Mantell's notice of the discovery in 1850. Anatomist Richard Owen was sent fossil bird bones found in 1847 in South Taranaki on the North Island by collector Walter Mantell, and in 1848 he coined the genus Notornis ("southern bird") for them, naming the new species Notornis mantelli. [6]
The Australasian swamphen, Porphyrio melanotus, is a communal gallinule and a member of the rail family, Rallidae. [2] The Rallidae family is a diverse group of non-passerine birds (birds that do not belong to the order Passeriformes, which includes perching birds and songbirds) with primarily terrestrial habits, characterised by relatively short wings and strong, often elongated bills.
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets [1] or for cockfighting.
Weka Pass is a locality in the northern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island between the towns of Waipara and Waikari. [1] The Waipara River cut the Weka Pass by wearing down the soft limestone and mudstone in the area. Erosion has created a number of distinctive limestone formations in the pass, which are known by descriptive names ...
Hen harrier; Henderson crake; Henderson fruit dove; Henderson petrel; Henderson reed warbler; Henna-capped foliage-gleaner; Henna-hooded foliage-gleaner; Henslow's sparrow; Henst's goshawk; Hepatic tanager; Herald petrel; Herero chat; Hermit thrush; Hermit warbler; Hermit wood wren; Heuglin's bustard; Heuglin's masked weaver; Heuglin's spurfowl ...