Amaurornis

Amaurornis
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Amaurornis L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species
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Amaurornis is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae. The name comes from the Greek amauros, meaning "dusky" or "brown" and ornis, meaning "bird".^[1]

It contains the following species:

• Brown crake (Amaurornis akool)
• Plain bush-hen (Amaurornis olivacea)
• Isabelline bush-hen (Amaurornis isabellina)
• Pale-vented bush-hen, rufous-tailed bush-hen or rufous-tailed waterhen (Amaurornis moluccana)
• White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
• Black crake (Amaurornis flavirostra)
• Sakalava rail (Amaurornis olivieri)
• Black-tailed crake (Amaurornis bicolor)
• Talaud bush-hen (Amaurornis magnirostris)
• White-browed crake (Amaurornis cinerea)

References

1. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.