Tribonyx

Tribonyx
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]

References

  1. 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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