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Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa · Family Rallidae
Gallinula tenebrosa
Family Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 685,548
- Countries and territories with records
- 12
About this species
This species has 685,548 occurrence records from 12 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.8% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.63% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gallinula tenebrosa combines the genus name Gallinula with the species epithet tenebrosa. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Gallinula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gallinula chloropus, Gallinula galeata and Gallinula comeri.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 122 species of the family Rallidae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Fulica americana. Its record count is 2.8 times the family average (243,573). The family Rallidae belongs to the order Gruiformes, which has 150 species in the Warbla app catalog.