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Tribonyx
Tribonyx
is a small
genus
,
containing
two
extant
and one
extinct species
of
birds
in the
rail family
, that is sometimes
lumped
with the moorhens in
Gallinula
. The
extant species
are
endemic
to
Australia
. Described
species
are:
Black-tailed nativehen
,
T. ventralis
Tasmanian nativehen
,
T. mortierii
Du
Bus
de
Gisignies,
1840
Hodgens's waterhen
,
T. hodgenorum
Olson
,
1986