Rallidae
Rails
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- Nesoclopeus (Woodford's Rail and Bar-winged Rail)
- Gallirallus (Weka and relatives)
- Rallus (Clapper Rail and relatives)
- Lewinia (Brown-banded Rail and relatives)
- Dryolimnas cuvieri (White-throated Rail)
- Crex (African Crake and relatives)
- Rougetius rougetii (Rouget's Rail)
- Aramidopsis plateni (Snoring Rail)
- Atlantisia rogersi (Inaccessible Island Rail)
- Aramides (Little Wood Rail and relatives)
- Amaurolimnas concolor (Uniform Crake)
- Gymnocrex (Blue-faced Rail and relatives)
- Amaurornis (Brown Bush-hen and relatives)
- Porzana (Black-tailed Crake and relatives)
- Aenigmatolimnas marginalis (Striped Crake)
- Cyanolimnas cerverai (Zapata Rail)
- Neocrex (Colombian Crake and Paint-billed Crake)
- Pardirallus (Spotted Rail)
- Eulabeornis castaneoventris (Chestnut Rail)
- Habroptila wallacii (Invisible Rail)
- Megacrex inepta (Papuan Flightless Rail)
- Gallicrex cinerea (Watercock)
- Porphyrio (Purple Swamphen and relatives)
- Gallinula (Makira Woodhen and relatives)
- Fulica (Red-knobbed Coot and relatives)
- Coturnicops (Swinhoe's Rail and relatives)
- Canirallus (Grey-throated Rail and relatives)
- Himantornis haematopus (Nkulengu Rail)
- Micropygia schomburgkii (Ocellated Crake)
- Rallina (Chestnut Forest Crake and relatives)
- Anurolimnas castaneiceps (Chestnut-headed Crake)
- Laterallus (Russet-crowned Crake and relatives)
Containing group: Gruiformes
References
Krebs E. A. and D. A. Putland. 2004. Chic chicks: the evolution of chick ornamentation in rails. Behavioral Ecology 15(6):946-951.
Livezey, B. C. 1998 A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on rails (Rallidae). Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. 353: 2077-2151.
Title Illustrations
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| Scientific Name | Gallinula tenebrosa |
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| Location | Centiennal Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Dusky Moorhen - immature (Gallinula tenebrosa) |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2008 Lip Kee Yap |
| Scientific Name | Rallina fasciata |
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| Location | Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Red-Legged Crake #2 |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Jwee |
| Scientific Name | Porphyrio martinicus |
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| Location | Lake Parker in Lakeland, Florida, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Purple Gallinule |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Chuck Welch |
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