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.
- 34 genera, 137 species, 309 taxa.
- 31 species threatened; probably 2 of these, as well as 14 other species and 4 subspecies, extinct since 1600.
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- 2 1 1 8 1 White-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra)
- 0 8 2 Buff-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans)
- 2 1 1 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)
- 3 1 2 8 7 Madagascar Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis)
- 1 1 3 8 White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi)
- 0 3 9 Slender-billed Flufftail (Sarothrura watersi)
- 4 4 8 10 Nkulengu Rail (Himantornis haematopus)
- 1 1 8 11 Grey-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus)
- 3 2 1 8 12 Madagascar Wood-rail (Canirallus kioloides)
- 0 10 13 Tsingy Wood-rail (Canirallus beankaensis)
- 1 1 9 14 Tsingy Wood Rail (Mentocrex beankaensis)
- 0 4 15 Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
- 3 1 1 1 8 16 Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
- 3 3 8 17 Speckled Rail (Coturnicops notatus)
- 3 1 2 8 18 Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii)
- 2 2 8 19 Chestnut Forest-rail (Rallina rubra)
- 0 6 20 White-striped Forest-rail (Rallina leucospila)
- 1 1 8 21 Forbes's Forest-rail (Rallina forbesi)
- 0 7 22 Mayr's Forest-rail (Rallina mayri)
- 6 4 2 8 23 Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor)
- 1 1 6 24 Andaman Crake (Rallina canningi)
- 16 3 13 8 25 Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata)
- 5 3 2 8 26 Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
- 3 3 8 27 Chestnut-headed Crake (Anurolimnas castaneiceps)
- 14 5 4 5 8 28 Russet-crowned Crake (Anurolimnas viridis)
- 2 1 1 8 29 Black-banded Crake (Anurolimnas fasciatus)
- 34 4 17 13 8 30 Rufous-sided Crake (Laterallus melanophaius)
- 2 1 1 3 31 Rusty-flanked Crake (Laterallus levraudi)
- 3 3 8 32 Ruddy Crake (Laterallus ruber)
- 10 1 6 3 8 33 White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis)
- 7 3 4 8 34 Grey-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis)
- 3 1 2 6 35 Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
- 2 1 1 4 36 Galapagos Rail (Laterallus spilonotus)
- 6 1 3 2 8 37 Red-and-white Crake (Laterallus leucopyrrhus)
- 0 4 38 Rufous-faced Crake (Laterallus xenopterus)
- 1 1 6 39 Woodford's Rail (Nesoclopeus woodfordi)
- 0 0 40 Bar-winged Rail (Nesoclopeus poecilopterus)
- 48 1 26 21 4 42 Weka (Gallirallus australis)
- 0 2 43 New Caledonian Rail (Gallirallus lafresnayanus)
- 1 1 3 44 Lord Howe Rail (Gallirallus sylvestris)
- 4 3 1 3 45 Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
- 3 1 1 1 4 46 Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis)
- 11 1 3 7 8 47 Barred Rail (Gallirallus torquatus)
- 74 4 27 43 8 48 Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
- 0 6 49 New Britain Rail (Gallirallus insignis)
- 9 3 6 1 50 Guam Rail (Gallirallus owstoni)
- 4 4 6 51 Roviana Rail (Gallirallus rovianae)
- 4 1 3 8 52 Slaty-breasted Rail (Gallirallus striatus)
- 34 2 18 14 8 53 Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
- 4 1 3 8 54 King Rail (Rallus elegans)
- 5 3 2 3 55 Plain-flanked Rail (Rallus wetmorei)
- 15 1 6 8 8 56 Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
- 15 1 8 6 3 57 Bogota Rail (Rallus semiplumbeus)
- 6 1 2 3 4 58 Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus)
- 67 2 37 28 8 59 Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
- 4 3 1 8 60 African Rail (Rallus caerulescens)
- 4 2 2 4 61 Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis)
- 3 2 1 7 62 Brown-banded Rail (Lewinia mirificus)
- 4 4 8 63 Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis)
- 0 4 64 Auckland Rail (Lewinia muelleri)
- 5 3 2 8 65 White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
- 4 3 1 8 66 African Crake (Crex egregia)
- 20 2 10 8 6 67 Corncrake (Crex crex)
- 21 12 9 6 68 Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii)
- 0 4 69 Snoring Rail (Aramidopsis plateni)
- 1 1 4 70 Inaccessible Rail (Atlantisia rogersi)
- 14 2 5 7 8 71 Little Wood-rail (Aramides mangle)
- 7 5 2 8 72 Rufous-necked Wood-rail (Aramides axillaris)
- 102 5 57 40 8 73 Grey-necked Wood-rail (Aramides cajanea)
- 1 1 4 74 Brown Wood-rail (Aramides wolfi)
- 47 4 21 22 8 75 Giant Wood-rail (Aramides ypecaha)
- 32 7 8 17 8 76 Slaty-breasted Wood-rail (Aramides saracura)
- 0 8 77 Red-winged Wood-rail (Aramides calopterus)
- 3 1 1 1 8 78 Uniform Crake (Amaurolimnas concolor)
- 0 4 79 Bald-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii)
- 0 8 80 Bare-eyed Rail (Gymnocrex plumbeiventris)
- 0 3 81 Talaud Rail (Gymnocrex talaudensis)
- 3 3 8 82 Brown Crake (Amaurornis akool)
- 8 3 2 3 8 83 Isabelline Bush-hen (Amaurornis isabellinus)
- 2 1 1 8 84 Plain Bush-hen (Amaurornis olivaceus)
- 86 5 46 35 8 84 White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- 4 2 2 8 85 Rufous-tailed Bush-hen (Amaurornis moluccanus)
- 37 1 22 14 8 87 Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris)
- 5 3 2 3 88 Sakalava Rail (Amaurornis olivieri)
- 0 4 89 Talaud Bush-hen (Amaurornis magnirostris)
- 10 1 3 6 8 90 Black-tailed Crake (Amaurornis bicolor)
- 22 12 10 8 91 Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
- 30 7 23 8 92 Little Crake (Porzana parva)
- 43 1 20 22 8 93 Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
- 32 2 18 12 8 94 Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea)
- 29 14 15 8 95 Sora (Porzana carolina)
- 2 1 1 4 96 Dot-winged Crake (Porzana spiloptera)
- 12 2 3 7 8 97 Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis)
- 15 12 3 8 98 Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca)
- 4 1 2 1 6 99 Band-bellied Crake (Porzana paykullii)
- 21 11 10 8 100 Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis)
- 3 1 2 4 101 Henderson Crake (Porzana atra)
- 12 8 4 8 102 Yellow-breasted Crake (Porzana flaviventer)
- 12 1 3 8 8 103 White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea)
- 0 8 104 Striped Crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis)
- 0 3 105 Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai)
- 0 7 106 Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombianus)
- 3 1 2 8 107 Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops)
- 15 8 7 8 108 Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus)
- 17 6 7 4 8 109 Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans)
- 40 3 17 20 8 110 Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus)
- 3 3 8 111 Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris)
- 5 5 4 112 Invisible Rail (Habroptila wallacii)
- 244 8 126 110 8 113 Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- 2 2 6 114 New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta)
- 27 2 10 15 3 115 Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli)
- 8 1 4 3 8 116 Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
- 5 3 2 8 117 Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)
- 71 34 37 8 118 American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- 7 4 3 8 119 Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris)
- 0 2 120 San Cristobal Moorhen (Gallinula silvestris)
- 54 2 30 22 8 121 Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- 2 2 4 122 Tristan Moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis)
- 296 9 145 142 8 123 Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- 1 1 8 124 Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata)
- 21 16 5 8 125 Spot-flanked Gallinule (Gallinula melanops)
- 7 3 4 8 126 Black-tailed Native-hen (Gallinula ventralis)
- 375 8 190 177 8 127 Common Coot (Fulica atra)
- 13 9 4 8 128 Tasmanian Native-hen (Gallinula mortierii)
- 47 1 20 26 8 129 Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- 6 4 2 4 130 Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai)
- 64 1 41 22 8 131 American Coot (Fulica americana)
- 14 1 11 2 6 132 Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea)
- 20 15 5 8 133 White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
- 37 1 16 20 8 134 Andean Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)
- 32 1 12 19 8 135 Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata)
- 30 7 23 8 136 Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons)
- 67 3 10 54 8 137 Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea)
- 10 4 6 6 138 Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta)
Family statistics
34 genera, 137 species
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