Amaurornis
Sign in to saveAmaurornis is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. The species in this genus are typically called bush-hens. A monotypic subtribe, Amaurornithina, was proposed for this genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGruiformes
- FamilyRallidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 309
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Rallidae
- Collections
- ANWC, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Amaurornis is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. The species in this genus are typically called bush-hens. A monotypic subtribe, Amaurornithina, was proposed for this genus.
==Taxonomy== The genus Amaurornis was erected by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853 with the plain bush-hen (Amaurornis olivacea) as the type species. The name comes from the Greek amauros, meaning "dusky" or "brown" and ornis, meaning "bird".
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