Tristan Moorhen
Gallinula nesiotisSclater, PL, 1861
English (US) Tristan Moorhen
The Tristan Moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: formerly Tristan da Cunha; extinct, last reported 1900Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallinula nesiotis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Tristan Moorhen
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1861
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1861
- Type locality
- Tristan da Cunha.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861, pt.2 p.261 pl.30
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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