Rallidae

Kingdom:  Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Aves
Superorder:Neognathae
Order:Gruiformes
Family:Rallidae

Genus
  • species -- Common Name

Amaurornis
  • akool -- Brown Crake
  • bicolor -- Elwes' Crake
  • ineptus -- New Guinea flightless Rail
  • olivaceua -- Rufous-tailed Moorhen
  • phoenicurus -- White-breasted Water Hen
Atlantisia
  • rogersi -- Inaccessible I Rail
Canirallus
  • cuvieri, kioloides, oculeus -- Rail
Coturnicops
  • affinis, ayresi, boehmi, elegans, insularis, lugens, pulchra, rufa, schomburgkii, watersi -- Crake
  • notata -- Darwin's Rail
  • noveboracensis -- Yellow Rail
Crex
  • crex -- Corn Crake
Cyanolimnas
  • cerverai -- Zapata Rail
Eulabeornis
  • axillaris, cajaneus, calopterus, mangle, saracura, wolfi, ypecaha -- Wood-Rail
  • castaneoventris, plumbeiventris, rosenbergii -- Rail
  • concolor -- Uniform Crake
Fullica
  • americana, armillata, atra, caribaea, cornuta, cristata, gigantea, leucoptera, rufrifrons -- Coot
Gallicrex
  • cinerea -- Water Cock
Gallinula
  • alleni, martinica, melanops, flavirostris -- Gallinule
  • chloropus, melanops, tenebrosa -- Moorhen
  • mortierii -- Tasmanian Native Hen
  • nesiotis -- Gough I Coot
  • pacifica -- Samoan Wood Rail
  • sylvestris -- San Cristobal Mountain Rail
  • ventralis -- Black-tailed Native Hen
Gallirallus
  • australis -- Weka
Himantornis
  • haematopus -- Nkulengu Rail
Laterallus
  • albigularis, exilis, fasciatus, leucopyrrhus, levraudi, melanophaius, ruber, viridis, xenopterus -- Crake
  • jamaicensis -- Black Rail
  • spilonotus -- Galapagos Rail
Porphyrio
  • porphryrio -- Purple Swamphen
Porzana
  • albicollis, atra, columbiana, egregia, erythrops, flavirostra, flaviventer, fluminea, fusca, marginalis, parva, porzana, pusilla, spiloptera, tabuensis -- Crake
  • carolina -- Sora
  • cinerea -- White-browed Rail
  • olivieri -- Olivier's Rail
Rallina
  • canningi, castaneiceps, eurizonoides, fasciata, paykullii, tricolor -- Crake
  • forbesi, leucospila, mayri, rubra, -- Chestnut Rail
Rallus
  • antarctius, aquaticus, caerulescens, insignis, limicola, longirostris, nigricans, maculatus, madagascariensis, okinawae, owstoni, pectoralis, philippensis, plateni, poecilopterus, sanguinolentus, semiplumbeous, striatus, torquatus, wallacii, wetmorei -- Rail
  • lafresnayanus -- New Caledonian Wood-Rail
  • sylvestris -- Lord Howe Wood-Rail
Rougetius
  • rougetii -- Rouget's Rail