Tribonyx
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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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.

Species

The living and recently extinct species are:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	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)