Tribonyx
| Tribonyx | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- ↑ Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). (2013). "IOC World Bird List (v 3.5).". International Ornithologists’ Union. doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.3.5. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
Black-tailed nativehen in north-western Victoria
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