Wild Bird Photography

Order: COOTS, CRANES AND RAILS (GRUIFORMES ORDER)
Family: RAILS AND COOTS (RALLIDAE)

Endangered Species
+ = Endemic Species
a = ABA Area Species



33 Species

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Species Locations

Virginia Rail




Genus Amaurornis
Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostra)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Genus Aramides
Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea)
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail (Aramides saracura)
Giant Wood-Rail (Aramides ypecaha)

Genus Fulica
* a +
Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai)
a
American Coot (Fulica Americana)
Slate-colored (Andean) Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)
Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata)
a
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
Red-knobbed (Crested) Coot (Fulica cristata)
White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
Red-fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons)

Genus Gallinula
a
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
a
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)

Genus Gallirallus
+
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)

Genus Laterallus
* a
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
Rufous-sided Crake (Laterallus melanophaius)
Ruddy Crake (Laterallus ruber)

Genus Pardirallus
Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus)

Genus Porphyrio
African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
a
American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
a
Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Genus Porphyriops
Spot Flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops)

Genus Porzana
a
Sora (Porzana carolina)

Genus Rallus
a
Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
a
King Rail (Rallus elegans)
a
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
a
Ridgway`s Rail (Rallus obsoletus)
* +
Bogota Rail (Rallus semiplumbeus)

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