Dusky moorhen

Dusky moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa, New South Wales
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Gallinula
Species:	G. tenebrosa
Binomial name
Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846
Synonyms
Gallinula haematopus Bonaparte, 1856 Gallinula tenebrosa magnirostris Mathews, 1912 Gallinula tenebrosa subfrontata Mathews, 1912

The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus. It occurs in India, Australia, New Guinea, Borneo and Indonesia. It is often confused with the purple swamphen and the Eurasian coot due to similar appearance and overlapping distributions. They often live alongside birds in the same genus, such as the Tasmanian nativehen and the common moorhen.