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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Genus Gallinula       IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - GRUIFORMES   Common Gallinule i    Rallidae    Gallinula galeata  NA, SA, PO widespread  Common Moorhen i    Rallidae    Gallinula chloropus  PAL, AF, IO, OR, PO widespread  Dusky Moorhen i    Rallidae    Gallinula tenebrosa  AU Wallacea, New Guinea, e Australia, Tasmania, New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) and New Caledonia  Gough Moorhen (VU)  i    Rallidae    Gallinula comeri  AO Gough Is.  Makira Woodhen i    Rallidae    Gallinula silvestris  AU Makira (se Solomon Is.; perhaps extinct)  Samoan Woodhen (EX)  i    Rallidae    Gallinula pacifica †  PO Savaii (w Samoa, c Polynesia)  Tristan Moorhen (EX)  i    Rallidae    Gallinula nesiotis †  AO Tristan da Cunha 60%   3 species of 7 (2 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide