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Rails, gallinules and coots | Rallidae

Rallen | Rálidos

Native species 17 species

Species that occur here by nature: breeding birds, winter visitors and passage migrants. They are arranged by genus, in the sequence of the list.

Amaurornis 1 species

Pale-vented Bush-Hen
Amaurornis moluccana
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- River red gum and creek-line woodland
- Monsoon vine forest
- Cropland and orchard

Fulica 1 species

Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Rivers and creeks
- Gardens and parks

Gallinula 1 species

Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Rivers and creeks
- Gardens and parks

Gallirallus 4 species

Lewinia 1 species

Lewin's Rail
Lewinia pectoralis
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Peat bog, pakihi and sedgeland
- Samphire and saltmarsh
- Mangrove

Poliolimnas 1 species

White-browed Crake
Poliolimnas cinereus
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Paperbark swamp forest
- Mangrove

Porphyrio 2 species

Porzana 1 species

Australian Crake
Porzana fluminea
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed
- Lakes, ponds and reservoirs
- Samphire and saltmarsh
- Claypan and ephemeral lake

Rallina 1 species

Red-necked Crake
Rallina tricolor
- Tropical rainforest
- River red gum and creek-line woodland
- Monsoon vine forest
- Freshwater marsh and reedbed

Tribonyx 2 species

Zapornia 2 species