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Tribonyx

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Tribonyx
Tasmanian nativehen in Mount Field National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Tribonyx
du Bus de Gisignies, 1840
Type species
Tribonix mortierii[1]
De Bus, 1840
Species

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Tribonyx is a small genus of birds in the rail family, containing two extant species and one recently extinct species. The genus is endemic to Australia and New Zealand. They are sometimes lumped with the moorhens in Gallinula.

Species

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The living and recently extinct species are:

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Black-tailed nativehen Tribonyx ventralis (Gould, 1837) Australia
Tasmanian nativehen Tribonyx mortierii du Bus de Gisignies, 1840 Tasmania
Hodgens' waterhen Tribonyx hodgenorum (Olson, 1986) New Zealand (extinct)

References

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  1. ^ "Rallidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.