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 Avidiversity  AVITOPIA - Rails, Waterhens, and Coots

Scientific system: Clements et al.

Familia: Rallidae

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The family of Rails and Coots occurs worldwide except in the polar regions. Rails are at most medium-sized birds (15 - 50 cm) with short wings and very short tails. The toes are long and have swimming lobes in the coots. The sexes usually look the same. Almost all species swim well. Many only become active at dusk or are night birds. Some are able to fly long distances, while island species are partially flightless.

Himantornis

     haematopus - Nkulengu Rail (1)

Coturnicops

     exquisitus - Swinhoe's Rail (1)
     noveboracensis - Yellow Rail (3)
     notatus - Speckled Crake (1)

Micropygia

     schomburgkii - Ocellated Crake (2)

Rallina

     rubra - Chestnut Forest Crake (2)
     leucospila - White-striped Forest Crake (1)
     forbesi - Forbes's Forest Crake (1)
     mayri - Mayr's Forest Crake (1)
     tricolor - Red-necked Crake (1)
     canningi - Andaman Crake (1)
     fasciata - Red-legged Crake (1)
     eurizonoides - Slaty-legged Crake (3)

Hapalocrex

     flaviventer - Yellow-breasted Crake (4)

Laterallus

     levraudi - Rusty-flanked Crake (1)
     melanophaius - Rufous-sided Crake (2)
     ruber - Ruddy Crake (2)
     albigularis - White-throated Crake (2)
     exilis - Grey-breasted Crake (1)
     spilonota - Galapagos Rail (2)
     jamaicensis - Black Rail (3)
     leucopyrrhus - Red-and-white Crake (3)
     xenopterus - Rufous-faced Crake (1)

Nesoclopeus

     woodfordi - Woodford's Rail (2)
     poecilopterus - Bar-winged Rail (2)

Gallirallus

     australis - Weka (3)
     lafresnayanus - New Caledonian Rail (2)
     sylvestris - Lord Howe Woodhen (3)
     okinawae - Okinawa Rail (2)
     pacificus - Tahiti Rail (2)
     philippensis - Buff-banded Rail (5)
     modestus - Chatham Islands Rail (2)
     dieffenbachii - Dieffenbach's Rail (4)
     insignis - Pink-legged Rail (1)
     owstoni - Guam Rail (2)
     wakensis - Wake Island Rail (2)
     torquatus - Barred Rail (1)
     calayanensis - Calayan Rail (1)
     rovianae - Roviana Rail (2)
     striatus - Slaty-breasted Rail (5)

Crex

     crex - Corn Crake (6)

Rougetius

     rougetii - Rouget's Rail (2)

Aramidopsis

     plateni - Snoring Rail (2)

Atlantisia

     rogersi - Inaccessible Island Rail (1)

Rallus

     obsoletus - Ridgway's Rail (2)
     tenuirostris - Aztec Rail (2)
     longirostris - Mangrove Rail (2)
     elegans - King Rail (2)
     crepitans - Clapper Rail (1)
     wetmorei - Plain-flanked Rail (1)
     limicola - Virginia Rail (2)
     semiplumbeus - Bogota Rail (2)
     antarcticus - Austral Rail (2)
     aquaticus - Water Rail (4)
     indicus - Brown-cheeked Rail (1)
     caerulescens - African Rail (3)
     madagascariensis - Madagascar Rail (1)

Lewinia

     mirifica - Brown-banded Rail (2)
     pectoralis - Lewin's Rail (2)
     muelleri - Auckland Rail (1)

Dryolimnas

     cuvieri - White-throated Rail (4)

Crecopsis

     egregia - African Crake (2)

Aramides

     ypecaha - Giant Wood Rail (3)
     wolfi - Brown Wood Rail (1)
     mangle - Little Wood Rail (2)
     axillaris - Rufous-necked Wood Rail (2)
     albiventris - Russet-naped Wood-Rail (1)
     cajaneus - Grey-necked wood-rail (6)
     calopterus - Red-winged Wood Rail (1)
     saracura - Slaty-breasted Wood Rail (2)

Amaurolimnas

     concolor - Uniform Crake (3)

Gymnocrex

     rosenbergii - Blue-faced Rail (2)
     plumbeiventris - Bare-eyed Rail (1)
     talaudensis - Talaud Rail (1)

Amaurornis

     isabellina - Isabelline Bush-hen (1)
     olivacea - Plain Bush-hen (1)
     phoenicurus - White-breasted Waterhen (4)
     magnirostris - Talaud Bush-hen (1)
     moluccana - Rufous-tailed Waterhen (3)
     cinerea - White-browed Crake (3)
     marginalis - Striped Crake (1)

Anurolimnas

     castaneiceps - Chestnut-headed Crake (1)
     viridis - Russet-crowned Crake (1)
     fasciatus - Black-banded Crake (2)

Porzana

     carolina - Sora (4)
     porzana - Spotted Crake (3)
     fluminea - Australian Crake (1)
     spiloptera - Dot-winged Crake (2)

Zapornia

     fusca - Ruddy-breasted Crake (3)
     paykullii - Band-bellied Crake (1)
     akool - Brown Bush-hen (1)
     flavirostra - Black Crake (2)
     parva - Little Crake (4)
     pusilla - Baillon's Crake (6)
     palmeri - Laysan Crake (7)
     olivieri - Sakalava Rail (1)
     bicolor - Black-tailed Crake (2)
     sandwichensis - Hawaiian Crake (3)
     atra - Red-eyed Crake (1)
     tabuensis - Spotless Crake (2)
     monasa - Kosrae Crake (1)

Porphyriops

     melanops - Spot-flanked Gallinule (1)

Mustelirallus

     albicollis - Ash-throated Crake (1)
     colombianus - Colombian Crake (1)
     erythrops - Paint-billed Crake (3)

Cyanolimnas

     cerverai - Zapata Rail (2)

Pardirallus

     maculatus - Spotted Rail (2)
     nigricans - Blackish Rail (1)
     sanguinolentus - Plumbeous Rail (4)

Habroptila

     wallacii - Invisible Rail (3)

Eulabeornis

     castaneoventris - Chestnut Rail (5)

Megacrex

     inepta - Papuan Flightless Rail (2)

Gallicrex

     cinerea - Watercock (2)

Porphyrio

     alleni - Allen's Gallinule (2)
     martinica - American gallinule (5)
     flavirostris - Azure Gallinule (2)
     porphyrio - Western Swamphen (3)
     indicus - Black-backed Swamphen (2)
     madagascariensis - African Swamphen (5)
     hochstetteri - South Island Takahe (3)
     mantelli - North Island Takahe (2)
     melanotus - Australasian Swamphen (5)
     pulverulentus - Philippine Swamphen (1)
     albus - Lord Howe Island Swamphen (2)
     poliocephalus - Gray-headed Swamphen (2)

Gallinula

     silvestris - Makira Woodhen (1)
     nesiotis - Tristan Gallinule (3)
     chloropus - Common Moorhen (17)
     galeata - Common Gallinule (6)
     tenebrosa - Dusky Moorhen (5)
     angulata - Lesser Moorhen (2)
     pacifica - Samoan Moorhen (3)

Tribonyx

     ventralis - Black-tailed Nativehen (2)
     mortierii - Tasmanian Nativehen (4)

Fulica

     cristata - Red-knobbed Coot (8)
     armillata - Red-gartered Coot (1)
     rufifrons - Red-fronted Coot (3)
     gigantea - Giant Coot (1)
     cornuta - Horned Coot (2)
     atra - Eurasian Coot (13)
     alai - Hawaiian Coot (3)
     americana - American Coot (6)
     ardesiaca - Andean Coot (2)
     leucoptera - White-winged Coot (2)

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