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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon name
- Tribonyx mortierii
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- galinha-de-água-da-tasmânia
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Tribonyx mortierii
- Commons gallery
- Tribonyx mortierii
- means of locomotion
- bipedalism
- endemic to
- Australia
- litter size
- 6.3
- egg incubation period
- 22
- taxon author citation
- Du Bus, 1840
- short name
- T. mortierii
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Encyclopedic overview
The Tasmanian nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) (alternative spellings: Tasmanian native-hen or Tasmanian native hen), also known by its palawa kani name piyura, is a flightless rail and one of twelve species of birds endemic to Australia's island state of Tasmania. Although many flightless birds have a history of extinction at the hands of humans, the species has actually benefited from the introduction of European-style agricultural practices in Tasmania. Its success may also be attributed to the recent extinction of its main predator, the thylacine.
Nomenclature
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tasmanian Nativehen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.