Tribonyx

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Tribonyx
Tasmanian Nativehen (Gallinula mortierii) - Mt Field National Park.jpg
Tasmanian nativehen in Mount Field National Park
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Tribonyx
Du Bus, 1840
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Tribonyx is a small genus, containing two extant and one extinct species of birds in the rail family, that is sometimes lumped with the moorhens in Gallinula. The extant species are endemic to Australia. Described species are:

Species[]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Tribonyx ventralis South Australia 1.jpg Black-tailed nativehen T. ventralis (Gould, 1837) north-western Victoria, New Zealand, Tasmania
Gallinula mortierii 1.jpg Tasmanian nativehen T. mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies, 1840 the Australian island of Tasmania

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