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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

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

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


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