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. They are sometimes lumped with the moorhens in Gallinula. The New Zealand giant crake was formerly included in Tribonyx, however in 2025 an mtDNA analysis revealed it to be a member of the crake genus Porzana.

Tribonyx
Tasmanian nativehen in Mount Field National Park
Scientific classification
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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Species

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Black-tailed nativehen	Tribonyx ventralis (Gould, 1837)	Australia
	Tasmanian nativehen	Tribonyx mortierii du Bus de Gisignies, 1840	Tasmania