Shaunge

Shaunge wa Afrika

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli:	Aves (Ndege)
Oda:	Gruiformes (Ndege kama korongo)
Familia:	Rallidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na viluwiri)
Jenasi:	Porphyrio Brisson, 1760

Ngazi za chini

Spishi 14:

†P. albus (Shaw, 1790)
P. alleni Thomson, 1842
†P. coerulescens (Sélys Longchamps, 1848)
P. flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)
P. hochstetteri (Meyer, 1883)
P. indicus Horsfield, 1821
P. madagascariensis (Latham, 1802)
†P. mantelli (Owen, 1848)
P. martinicus (Linnaeus, 1766)
P. melanotus Temminck, 1820
†P. paepae Steadman, 1988
P. poliocephalus Latham, 1802
P. porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
P. pulverulentus Temminck, 1826

Shaunge ni ndege wa jenasi Porphyrio katika familia ya Rallidae. Huitwa kukutanda pia. Wanafanana sana na kukuziwa lakini rangi yao ni buluu au zambarau. Wana kigao chekundu isipokuwa Porphyrio flavirostris, ambaye ana kigao njano, na P. martinicus, ambaye ana kigao buluu. Mwenendo wao ni kama kukuziwa.

Spishi za Afrika

Porphyrio alleni, Shaunge kijani au Kukutanda Mdogo ( Allen’s Gallinule)
Porphyrio coerulescens, Shaunge wa Réunion (Réunion Swamphen au “Oiseau bleu”) imekwisha sasa (kadiri ya 1730) - imeainishwa kutokana na ripoti za wasafiri
Porphyrio madagascariensis, Shaunge wa Afrika au Kukutanda wa Afrika (African swamphen)
Porphyrio porphyrio, Shaunge Magharibi, Kukutanda Zambarau au Kibite (Western swamphen)

Spishi za mabara mengine

Porphyrio albus (White au Lord Howe Swamphen) imekwisha sasa (mwanzo wa karne 19)
Porphyrio flavirostris (Azure Gallinule)
Porphyrio hochstetteri (Takahē au South Island Takahē)
Porphyrio indicus (Black-backed Swamphen)
Porphyrio mantelli (Mohoau au North Island Takahē) imekwisha sasa (miaka 1890)
Porphyrio martinicus (American Purple Gallinule)
Porphyrio melanotus (Australasian Swamphen)
Porphyrio paepae (Marquesas Swamphen) imekwisha sasa kadiri ya 1900)
Porphyrio poliocephalus (Grey-headed Swamphen)
Porphyrio pulverulentus (Philippine Swamphen)

Spishi za kabla ya historia

Porphyrio kukwiedei (New Caledonian Swamphen) (Kaledonia Mpya, mwisho wa Quaternary)
Porphyrio mcnabi (Huahine Swamphen) (Polynesia ya Kifaransa, mwisho wa Quaternary)
Porphyrio sp. (Buka Swamphen) (Visiwa vya Solomon, mwisho wa Quaternary)
Porphyrio sp. (Giant Swamphen) (Kisiwa cha New Ireland, Papua Guinea Mpya, mwisho wa Quaternary)
Porphyrio sp. (New Ireland Swamphen) (Papua Guinea Mpya, mwisho wa Quaternary)
Porphyrio sp. (Norfolk Island Swamphen) (Kisiwa cha Norfolk, mwisho wa Quaternary)
Porphyrio sp. (Rota Swamphen) (Kisiwa cha Rota, Marianas, mwisho wa Quaternary)
?Porphyrio sp. (Mangaia Swamphen/Woodhen) (Kisiwa cha Mangaia, Visiwa vya Cook, mwisho wa Quaternary) - labda Porphyrio, Gallinula au Pareudiastes