Wild Bird Photography

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

* = Endangered Species
+ = Endemic Species
a = ABA Area Species

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33 Species



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Species Locations

Genus Amaurorni

Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostra)

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)


Genus Aramide

Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea)

Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail (Aramides saracura)

Giant Wood-Rail (Aramides ypecaha)


Genus Fulic

* 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 Gallinul

a

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

a

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)


Genus Gallirallu

+

Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)


Genus Laterallu

* a

Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)

Rufous-sided Crake (Laterallus melanophaius)

Ruddy Crake (Laterallus ruber)


Genus Pardirallu

Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus)


Genus Porphyri

African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)

a

American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

a

Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)


Genus Porphyriop

Spot Flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops)


Genus Porzan

a

Sora (Porzana carolina)


Genus Rallu

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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