Kei te taha mauī ko te Koitareke; Kei te taha matau ko tePūtoto
Ko teKoitareke he manu o ngā repo oAotearoa. He manu itiiti, whakamokeke o te repo. He āhua rite ki tePūtoto, engari he hāura te tuara, he hina te poho, he mā he mangu ngā tāwakawaka o te puku me ngā papa. Ko ngā waewae he karikikaho. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao hePorzana pusilla affinis.
Ki ētahi, he ingoareo Māori anō o te manu nei, arā, heKāreke. Ko te ingoa o tēnei manu i tereo Pākehā heMarsh Crake.