Amaurornis

Taxobox
name = "Amaurornis"

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image_caption = "Amaurornis phoenicurus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Gruiformes
familia = Rallidae
genus = "Amaurornis"
genus_authority = Reichenbach, 1853
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =see text

"Amaurornis" is a genus of birds in the Rallidae family.

It contains the following species:
* Brown Crake, ("Amaurornis akool")
* Bush-hen or Plain Bush-hen, ("Amaurornis olivacea")
* Isabelline Bush-hen, ("Amaurornis isabellina")
* Rufous-tailed Waterhen Pale-vented or Rufous-tailed Bush-hen, ("Amaurornis moluccana")
* White-breasted Waterhen, ("Amaurornis phoenicurus")
* Black Crake, ("Amaurornis flavirostra")
* Sakalava Rail, ("Amaurornis olivieri")
* Black-tailed Crake, ("Amaurornis bicolor")
* Talaud Bush-hen, ("Amaurornis magnirostris")