Species profile—Gallinula tenebrosa (dusky moorhen)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Rallidae (Rails, Crakes, Swamphens and Coots) → Gallinula tenebrosa (dusky moorhen)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Rallidae (Rails, Crakes, Swamphens and Coots)
- Scientific name
- Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846
- Common name
- dusky moorhen
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1673
- Alternate name(s)
- waterhen
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1673
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.