Porphyrio mantelli was a flightless endemic to North Island,
New Zealand, from where it is known from subfossils from a number of archeological sites
(Williams 1960) and from one possible late 19th century record
(Phillipps 1959).
Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012.
Porphyrio mantelli. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <
www.iucnredlist.org>
