Black-tailed Nativehen
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Black-tailed Nativehen

Tribonyx ventralis

LCLeast Concern
Family
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
Order
Gruiformes

Overview

The black-tailed nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) is a rail native to Australia.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Australia (except far north, eastern coast, and Tasmania).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.