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Gallinula  Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176283

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Edithornis Mayr, 1933
  
    Porphyriornis J. A. Allen, 1892
  
  Common Name(s): Moorhens [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGruiformes  – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles  
                            FamilyRallidae  – Crakes, Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens  
                               GenusGallinula Brisson, 1760 – Moorhens  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) – galinha-d'água-comum, Gallineta común, Eurasian Moorhen, Gallineta frente roja, Common Moorhen, gallinule poule-d'eau 
                                  Species Gallinula comeri (J. A. Allen, 1892) – galinha-d'água-de-gough, Gough Moorhen, Gallinule de Gough, Gallineta de Gough 
                                  Species Gallinula galeata (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1818) – Common Gallinule, galinha-d'água, Gallinule d'Amérique, Gallineta americana, galinha-d'água-americana 
                                  Species Gallinula nesiotis P. L. Sclater, 1861 – galinha-d'água-de-tristão-da-cunha, Gallinule de Tristan da Cunha, Gallineta de Tristán de Acuña, Tristan Moorhen, Tristan Gallinule 
                                  Species Gallinula pacifica (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871) – Samoan Woodhen, Gallinule punaé, Gallineta de Samoa, Samoan Moorhen, galinha-d'água-de-samoa 
                                  Species Gallinula silvestris (Mayr, 1933) – frango-d'água-de-fronte-azul, Gallinule d'Edith, Gallineta de San Cristóbal, Makira Moorhen, San Cristobal Moorhen, Makira Woodhen, galinha-d'água-de-makira 
                                  Species Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846 – galinha-d'água-escura, galinha-d'água-enlutado, Gallinule sombre, Gallineta enlutada, Dusky Moorhen 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Gallinula    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Gallinula    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Gallinula   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gallinula   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.07.04, website (version 04-Jul-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Gallinula   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gallinula   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Taylor, Barry  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World   
  Page(s): 600   
  Publisher: Yale University Press   
  Publication Place: New Haven, Connecticut, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-300-07758-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gallinula   
       

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