Tribonyx

Tribonyx
	Tasmanian nativehen in Mount Field National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Subclass:	Neornithes
Infraclass:	Neognathae
Superorder:	Neoaves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Tribonyx; Bernard du Bus de Gisignies, 1840
Species
	See text

Tribonyx is a small genus, containing two species of birds in the rail family, that is sometimes lumped with the moorhens in Gallinula. It is endemic to Australia. Described species are:^[1]

T. ventralis (Gould, 1837) – black-tailed nativehen
T. mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies, 1840 – Tasmanian nativehen

References

^ "IOC World Bird List (v 3.5)". International Ornithologists’ Union. 2013. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5. Retrieved 2014-01-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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[1] "IOC World Bird List (v 3.5)". International Ornithologists’ Union. 2013. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5. Retrieved 2014-01-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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