Rallidae
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Order: Gruiformes
Secretive wetland birds with laterally compressed bodies for moving through reeds.
Species 50
African Crake
Crex egregia
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
African Swamphen
Porphyrio madagascariensis
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
American Coot
Fulica americana
Andaman Crake
Rallina canningi
Andean Coot
Fulica ardesiaca
Ascension Crake
Mundia elpenor
Ash-throated Crake
Porzana albicollis
Auckland Island Rail
Lewinia muelleri
Australasian Swamphen
Porphyrio melanotus
Australian Crake
Porzana fluminea
Austral Rail
Rallus antarcticus
Azure Gallinule
Porphyrio flavirostris
Baillon's Crake
Zapornia pusilla
Band-bellied Crake
Zapornia paykullii
Bare-eyed Rail
Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
Barred Rail
Hypotaenidia torquata
Bar-winged Rail
Hypotaenidia poeciloptera
Black-backed Swamphen
Porphyrio indicus
Black-banded Crake
Porzana fasciata
Black Crake
Zapornia flavirostra
Blackish Rail
Pardirallus nigricans
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Black-tailed Crake
Zapornia bicolor
Black-tailed Native-hen
Tribonyx ventralis
Blue-faced Rail
Gymnocrex rosenbergii
Bogota Rail
Rallus semiplumbeus
Brown-banded Rail
Lewinia mirifica
Brown Crake
Zapornia akool
Brown Wood-rail
Aramides wolfi
Buff-banded Rail
Hypotaenidia philippensis
Calayan Rail
Aptenorallus calayanensis
Chatham Islands Rail
Cabalus modestus
Chestnut-headed Crake
Rufirallus castaneiceps
Chestnut Rail
Eulabeornis castaneoventris
Clapper Rail
Rallus crepitans
Colombian Crake
Neocrex colombiana
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Corncrake
Crex crex
Dieffenbach's Rail
Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii
Dot-winged Crake
Laterallus spilopterus
Drummer Rail
Habroptila wallacii
Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa
Eastern Water Rail
Rallus indicus
Ecuadorian Rail
Rallus aequatorialis
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
Galapagos Rail
Laterallus spilonota
Giant Coot
Fulica gigantea