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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Tribonyx | |
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Tasmanian nativehen in Mount Field National Park | |
Scientific 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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The living and recently extinct species are:
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | 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) |
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