Tribonyx
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 |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| 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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Species
The living and recently extinct species are:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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 | Black-tailed nativehen | T. ventralis (Gould, 1837) | Australia |
 | Tasmanian nativehen | T. mortierii du Bus de Gisignies, 1840 | Tasmania |
| Hodgens' waterhen | †T. hodgenorum (Olson, 1986) | New Zealand (extinct) |
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