Black-tailed nativehen
Tribonyx ventralis (Gould, 1837)
The black-tailed nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 364 g to 410 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the black-tailed nativehen
- Weight
- 364 g – 410 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 55 cm – 66 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the black-tailed nativehen?
Where does the black-tailed nativehen live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The black-tailed nativehen is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the black-tailed nativehen endangered?
The black-tailed nativehen is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the black-tailed nativehen classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusTribonyx
- SpeciesTribonyx ventralis (Gould, 1837)
Synonyms Gallinula ventralis, Tribonyx ventralis ventralis
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- Black-tailed native-henEnglish
- Black-tailed native-henEnglish
- دجاجة الماء سوداء الذيلArabic
- polla cama-rojaCatalan
- slípka černoocasáCzech
- Sorthalet RørhøneDanish
- RotfußpfuhlhuhnGerman
- Rotfuß-PfuhlhuhnGerman
- Rotfuß-TeichhuhnGerman
- nigravosta galinoloEsperanto
- Gallineta patirrojaSpanish
- austraalia kanataitEstonian
- چارخو دم سیاهPersian
- australianliejukanaFinnish
- Gallinule aborigèneFrench
- australska mlakušaCroatian
- vöröslábú mocsárityúkHungarian
- Gallinella codaneraItalian
- Gallinella codanera australianaItalian
- オグロバンJapanese
- juodauodegė vištelėLithuanian
- Australisch WaterhoenDutch
- vandresivhøneNorwegian
- kureczka dużaPolish
- galinha-d'água-aborígenePortuguese
- frango-d'água-de-rabo-pretoPortuguese
- galinha-d'água-de-cauda-pretaPortuguese
- galinha-de-água-aborígenePortuguese
- Чернохвостая камышницаRussian
- sliepočka červenonoháSlovak
- Crnorepa barska kokicaSerbian
- svartstjärtad rörhönaSwedish
- Kara Kuyruklu YertavuğuTurkish
- курочка чорнохвостаUkrainian
- 黑尾水雞Chinese
- 黑尾水鸡Chinese
Relatives of the black-tailed nativehen
Other species in the same genus Tribonyx.
Tasmanian nativehen
Tribonyx mortierii
Hodgens' rail
Tribonyx hodgenorum
CompareBlack-tailed nativehen vs Tasmanian nativehenBlack-tailed nativehen vs Hodgens' rail
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black-tailed nativehen?
An adult black-tailed nativehen weighs 364 g – 410 g and has a wingspan of 55 cm – 66 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the black-tailed nativehen live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the black-tailed nativehen for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the black-tailed nativehen endangered?
The black-tailed nativehen is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the black-tailed nativehen?
The black-tailed nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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