---
title: "Black-tailed Nativehen"
description: "Tribonyx ventralis — Birds. The black-tailed nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) is a rail native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-tailed-nativehen
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-tailed Nativehen

> Tribonyx ventralis — Birds. The black-tailed nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) is a rail native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Tribonyx ventralis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 1412
- Wikidata: [Q27074651](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074651)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144480](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144480)

## Names

- en: Black-tailed Nativehen
- de: Rotfuß-Pfuhlhuhn
- es: Gallineta Patirroja
- fr: Gallinule aborigène
- pt: Frango-d'água-de-rabo-preto
- pl: Kureczka duża

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1386), NZ (3)

## Summary

The black-tailed nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) is a rail native to Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_nativehen

## Photo

![Black-tailed Nativehen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tailed-nativehen/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191738976

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tailed-nativehen?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).