Gruiformes

Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

HBW 3, p. 108

Small to medium-sized terrestrial, marsh and aquatic birds, with short and deep to long and slender bill, moderately long neck, broad wings, short, soft tail and strong legs.
Worldwide, except for polar regions and waterless deserts; widely distributed on oceanic islands.
Many types of wetland; also grassland, forest and dense scrub.
33 genera, 133 species, 309 taxa.
29 species threatened; probably 2 of these, as well as 14 other species and 4 subspecies, extinct since 1600.

List of species:

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2 1 1 8 1 White-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra)
0 8 2 Buff-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans)
0 8 3 Red-chested Flufftail (Sarothrura rufa)
0 8 4 Long-toed Flufftail (Sarothrura lugens)
0 8 5 Streaky-breasted Flufftail (Sarothrura boehmi)
0 8 6 Striped Flufftail (Sarothrura affinis)
0 8 7 Madagascar Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis)
0 3 8 White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi)
0 3 9 Slender-billed Flufftail (Sarothrura watersi)
0 8 10 Nkulengu Rail (Himantornis haematopus)
0 8 11 Grey-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus)
1 1 8 12 Madagascar Wood-rail (Canirallus kioloides)
0 4 13 Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
2 1 1 8 14 Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
3 3 8 15 Speckled Rail (Coturnicops notatus)
0 8 16 Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii)
0 8 17 Chestnut Forest-rail (Rallina rubra)
0 6 18 White-striped Forest-rail (Rallina leucospila)
1 1 8 19 Forbes's Forest-rail (Rallina forbesi)
0 7 20 Mayr's Forest-rail (Rallina mayri)
3 1 2 8 21 Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor)
1 1 6 22 Andaman Crake (Rallina canningi)
12 3 9 8 23 Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata)
1 1 8 24 Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
1 1 8 25 Chestnut-headed Crake (Anurolimnas castaneiceps)
1 1 8 26 Russet-crowned Crake (Anurolimnas viridis)
1 1 8 27 Black-banded Crake (Anurolimnas fasciatus)
9 1 3 5 8 28 Rufous-sided Crake (Laterallus melanophaius)
1 1 3 29 Rusty-flanked Crake (Laterallus levraudi)
3 3 8 30 Ruddy Crake (Laterallus ruber)
5 1 1 3 8 31 White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis)
2 1 1 8 32 Grey-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis)
0 6 33 Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
1 1 4 34 Galapagos Rail (Laterallus spilonotus)
3 1 1 1 8 35 Red-and-white Crake (Laterallus leucopyrrhus)
0 4 36 Rufous-faced Crake (Laterallus xenopterus)
0 6 37 Woodford's Rail (Nesoclopeus woodfordi)
0 0 38 Bar-winged Rail (Nesoclopeus poecilopterus)
11 5 6 4 39 Weka (Gallirallus australis)
0 2 40 New Caledonian Rail (Gallirallus lafresnayanus)
1 1 3 41 Lord Howe Rail (Gallirallus sylvestris)
0 3 42 Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
16 2 14 8 46 Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
0 6 45 New Britain Rail (Gallirallus insignis)
6 1 5 1 47 Guam Rail (Gallirallus owstoni)
4 2 2 8 44 Barred Rail (Gallirallus torquatus)
0 6 48 Roviana Rail (Gallirallus rovianae)
1 1 8 49 Slaty-breasted Rail (Gallirallus striatus)
16 1 5 10 8 50 Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
4 1 3 8 51 King Rail (Rallus elegans)
4 2 2 3 52 Plain-flanked Rail (Rallus wetmorei)
4 1 3 8 53 Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
3 1 2 3 54 Bogota Rail (Rallus semiplumbeus)
3 1 1 1 4 55 Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus)
21 1 10 10 8 56 Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
0 8 57 African Rail (Rallus caerulescens)
1 1 4 58 Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis)
0 7 59 Brown-banded Rail (Lewinia mirificus)
4 4 8 60 Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis)
0 4 61 Auckland Rail (Lewinia muelleri)
2 1 1 8 62 White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
1 1 8 63 African Crake (Crex egregia)
12 1 4 7 6 64 Corncrake (Crex crex)
9 2 7 6 65 Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii)
0 4 66 Snoring Rail (Aramidopsis plateni)
0 4 67 Inaccessible Rail (Atlantisia rogersi)
5 1 2 2 8 68 Little Wood-rail (Aramides mangle)
3 1 2 8 69 Rufous-necked Wood-rail (Aramides axillaris)
36 1 9 26 8 70 Grey-necked Wood-rail (Aramides cajanea)
1 1 4 71 Brown Wood-rail (Aramides wolfi)
13 1 3 9 8 72 Giant Wood-rail (Aramides ypecaha)
5 1 4 8 73 Slaty-breasted Wood-rail (Aramides saracura)
0 8 74 Red-winged Wood-rail (Aramides calopterus)
2 1 1 8 75 Uniform Crake (Amaurolimnas concolor)
0 4 76 Bald-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii)
0 8 77 Bare-eyed Rail (Gymnocrex plumbeiventris)
3 3 8 78 Brown Crake (Amaurornis akool)
1 1 8 79 Isabelline Bush-hen (Amaurornis isabellinus)
1 1 8 80 Plain Bush-hen (Amaurornis olivaceus)
3 1 2 8 81 Rufous-tailed Bush-hen (Amaurornis moluccanus)
29 4 5 20 8 82 White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
13 1 3 9 8 83 Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris)
3 1 2 3 84 Sakalava Rail (Amaurornis olivieri)
5 5 8 85 Black-tailed Crake (Amaurornis bicolor)
8 2 6 8 86 Little Crake (Porzana parva)
18 1 4 13 8 87 Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
11 3 8 8 88 Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
11 6 5 8 89 Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea)
10 3 7 8 90 Sora (Porzana carolina)
1 1 4 91 Dot-winged Crake (Porzana spiloptera)
2 1 1 8 92 Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis)
7 6 1 8 93 Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca)
4 1 2 1 6 94 Band-bellied Crake (Porzana paykullii)
10 3 7 8 95 Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis)
0 4 96 Henderson Crake (Porzana atra)
5 2 3 8 97 Yellow-breasted Crake (Porzana flaviventer)
5 1 4 8 98 White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea)
0 8 99 Striped Crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis)
0 3 100 Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai)
0 7 101 Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombianus)
2 1 1 8 102 Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops)
3 3 8 103 Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus)
4 1 1 2 8 104 Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans)
11 1 1 9 8 105 Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus)
0 4 107 Invisible Rail (Habroptila wallacii)
1 1 8 106 Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris)
0 6 108 New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta)
2 1 1 8 109 Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
73 3 23 47 8 110 Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
6 2 4 3 111 Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli)
1 1 8 112 Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)
29 12 17 8 113 American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
4 2 2 8 114 Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris)
0 2 115 San Cristobal Moorhen (Gallinula silvestris)
0 4 116 Tristan Moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis)
99 5 27 67 8 117 Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
16 1 2 13 8 118 Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
0 8 119 Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata)
6 4 2 8 120 Spot-flanked Gallinule (Gallinula melanops)
2 1 1 8 121 Black-tailed Native-hen (Gallinula ventralis)
2 1 1 8 122 Tasmanian Native-hen (Gallinula mortierii)
26 5 21 8 123 Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
103 4 40 59 8 124 Common Coot (Fulica atra)
1 1 4 125 Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai)
26 1 10 15 8 126 American Coot (Fulica americana)
6 1 3 2 6 127 Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea)
8 3 5 8 128 White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
14 1 2 11 8 129 Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)
18 1 1 16 8 130 Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata)
21 1 20 8 131 Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons)
31 2 29 8 132 Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea)
4 4 6 133 Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta)
2 1 1 4 43 Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis)

Family statistics

33 genera, 133 species

911 files covering
23 genera	(70%)
93 species	(70%)

596 videos covering
20 genera	(61%)
74 species	(56%)

269 photographs covering
20 genera	(61%)
75 species	(56%)

46 sound recordings covering
13 genera	(39%)
34 species	(26%)

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