Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa - Gallinule sombre
Systematics
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family:
Rallidés
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Genus:
Gallinula
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Species:
tenebrosa
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 40 cm
- Wingspan: 55 à 65 cm.
- Weight: -
Geographic range
Identification
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa (Australia)
- Gallinula tenebrosa frontata (se Borneo to Sulawesi, s Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and se New Guinea)
- Gallinula tenebrosa neumanni (n New Guinea)
Foreign names
- Gallinule sombre,
- Gallineta enlutada,
- galinha-de-água-enlutada,
- Papuateichhuhn,
- pápua vízityúk,
- Zwart Waterhoen,
- Gallinella fosca,
- mörk rörhöna,
- Australsivhøne,
- sliepočka tmavá,
- slípka tmavá,
- Mørk Rørhøne,
- tummaliejukana,
- polla endolada,
- kokoszka ciemna,
- Тёмная камышница,
- Mandar kelam,
- ネッタイバン,
- 暗色水鸡,
- mörk rörhöna,
- 烏水雞,
Habitat
Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Seasonal/Intermittent/Irr
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes