Kukuziwa

**Kukuziwa** ni ndege wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia Rallidae. Wana mnasaba na viluwiri lakini ni ndege wa maji wa kweli (tazama shaunge pia). Wanaachana na viluwiri kwa kuwa na kigao kidogo juu ya domo. Rangi yao ni nyeusi au kijivu nzitu na mabawa ya spishi nyingi yana rangi ya kahawa. Rangi ya domo na kigao ni nyeupe au nyekundu. Vidole vyao vina ndewe, siyo ngozi kama mabata, ili kusogeza mbele kwa urahisi majini. Hula mimea, wanyama wadogo na mayai. Hujenga tago kubwa kwa mimea majini au ardhini na huyataga mayai 6-12.

## Spishi za Afrika
* *Fulica atra*, Kukuziwa Kigao-cheupe (Eurasian au Common Coot)
* *Fulica cristata*, Kukuziwa Pembe-nyekundu (Red-knobbed Coot)
* *Fulica newtoni*, Kukuziwa wa Morisi (Mascarene Coot) **imekwisha sasa** (kadiri ya 1700)
* *Paragallinula angulata*, Kukuziwa Mdogo (Lesser Moorhen)
* *Gallinula chloropus*, Kukuziwa wa Kawaida (Common Moorhen)
* *Gallinula comeri*, Kukuziwa wa Kisiwa cha Gough (Gough Moorhen)
* *Gallinula nesiotis*, Kukumiwa wa Tristan da Cunha (Tristan Moorhen) **imekwisha sasa**

## Spishi za mabara mengine
* *Fulica alai* (Hawaiian Coot)
* *Fulica americana* (American Coot)
* *Fulica ardesiaca* (Andean Coot)
* *Fulica armillata* (Red-gartered Coot)
* *Fulica caribaea* (Caribbean Coot)
* *Fulica cornuta* (Horned Coot)
* *Fulica gigantea* (Giant Coot)
* *Fulica leucoptera* (White-winged Coot)
* *Fulica rufifrons* (Red-fronted Coot)
* *Gallicrex cinerea* (Watercock)
* *Gallinula galeata* (Common Gallinule)
* *Porphyriops melanops* (Spot-flanked Gallinule)
* *Gallinula pacifica* (Samoan Wood Rail) (pengine inaainishwa katika jenasi *Pareudiastes*) **labda imekwisha sasa**
* *Gallinula silvestris* (Makira Moorhen) (pengine inaainishwa katika jenasi *Pareudiastes* au *Edithornis*) **labda imekwisha sasa**
* *Gallinula tenebrosa* (Dusky Moorhen)
* *Tribonyx hodgenorum* (Hodgens' Waterhen)
* *Tribonyx mortierii* (Tasmanian Nativehen)
* *Tribonyx ventralis* (Black-tailed Nativehen)

## Spishi za kabla ya historia
* *Fulica chathamensis* (Chatham Island Coot) (mwisho wa Quaternary)
* *Fulica infelix* (Juntura, MMA, mwanzo wa Pliocene)
* *Fulica prisca* (New Zealand Coot) (mwisho wa Quaternary)
* *Fulica shufeldti* (Amerika ya Kaskazini, Pleistocene) – labda spishi ndogo ya *Fulica americana*
* *Gallinula balcanica* (Varshets, Bulgaria, kati ya Villafranchian)
* *Gallinula hodgenorum* (Hodgen's Waterhen) (New Zealand, mwisho wa Quaternary)
* *Gallinula kansarum* (Kansas, MMA, mwisho wa Pliocene)
* ?*Gallinula* sp. Viti Levu Gallinule (Fiji , mwisho wa Quaternary; labda *Pareudiastes* au jenasi mpya)

## Picha

2006-06-05 blaesshuhn.jpg|Kukuziwa kigao-cheupe
Fulica cristata.jpg|Kukuziwa pembe-nyekundu
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) feediing juveniles in Kolkata I IMG 3193.jpg|Kukuziwa wa kawaida na makinda
Gallinula comeri Beintema.jpg|Kukuziwa wa Kisiwa cha Gough
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.AVES.52640 - Gallinula nesiotis comeri Allen, J.A. , 1892 - Rallidae - skin specimen.jpeg|Ngozi ya kukuziwa wa Tristan da Cunha ambaye amekwisha sasa

Fulica alai.gif|Hawaiian coot
Fulica americana.jpg|American coot
Andean Coot RWD6.jpg|Andean coot
Red-gartered-coot.jpg|Red-gartered coot
Caribbean coot.jpg|Caribbean coot
Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta) (8077606945).jpg|Horned coot
Fulica gigantea Chile.jpg|Giant coot
Fulica leucoptera GALLARETA CHICA.jpg|White-winged coot
Fulica rufifrons - Red-fronted coot; Punta del Este, Uruguay.jpg|Red-fronted coot
Watercock.jpg|Watercock
114 Common Gallinule New Mexico.jpg|Common gallinule
Spot-flanked Gallinule.jpg|Spot-flanked gallinule
Dusky Moorhen.jpg|Dusky moorhen
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.110060 - Gallinula pacifica - Rallidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg|Ngozi ya Samoan wood rail ambaye amekwisha sasa
Tasmanian Native-hen.jpg|Tasmanian native hen
Black-tailed Native-hen gatton aug02.jpg|Black-tailed native hen

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