List of rail species
The avian family Rallidae comprise the rails, crakes, and coots. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 152 species distributed among 43 genera, 23 of which have only one species. Twenty-one of the species in the list have gone extinct since A.D. 1500; they are marked (E).[1]
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
List
| Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Grey-throated rail | Canirallus oculeus | 1 |
| Ash-throated crake | Mustelirallus albicollis | 2 |
| Paint-billed crake | Mustelirallus erythrops | 3 |
| Colombian crake | Mustelirallus colombianus | 4 |
| Zapata rail | Mustelirallus cerverai | 5 |
| Spotted rail | Pardirallus maculatus | 6 |
| Blackish rail | Pardirallus nigricans | 7 |
| Plumbeous rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | 8 |
| Uniform crake | Amaurolimnas concolor | 9 |
| Rufous-necked wood rail | Aramides axillaris | 10 |
| Little wood rail | Aramides mangle | 11 |
| Russet-naped wood rail | Aramides albiventris | 12 |
| Grey-cowled wood rail | Aramides cajaneus | 13 |
| Brown wood rail | Aramides wolfi | 14 |
| Giant wood rail | Aramides ypecaha | 15 |
| Red-winged wood rail | Aramides calopterus | 16 |
| Slaty-breasted wood rail | Aramides saracura | 17 |
| Ridgway's rail | Rallus obsoletus | 18 |
| Clapper rail | Rallus crepitans | 19 |
| Aztec rail | Rallus tenuirostris | 20 |
| Mangrove rail | Rallus longirostris | 21 |
| King rail | Rallus elegans | 22 |
| Plain-flanked rail | Rallus wetmorei | 23 |
| Virginia rail | Rallus limicola | 24 |
| Bogota rail | Rallus semiplumbeus | 25 |
| Ecuadorian rail | Rallus aequatorialis | 26 |
| Austral rail | Rallus antarcticus | 27 |
| Water rail | Rallus aquaticus | 28 |
| Brown-cheeked rail | Rallus indicus | 29 |
| African rail | Rallus caerulescens | 30 |
| Madagascar rail | Rallus madagascariensis | 31 |
| African crake | Crecopsis egregia | 32 |
| Rouget's rail | Rougetius rougetii | 33 |
| White-throated rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri | 34 |
| Reunion rail | Dryolimnas augusti (E) | 35 |
| Corn crake | Crex crex | 36 |
| Snoring rail | Aramidopsis plateni | 37 |
| Slaty-breasted rail | Lewinia striata | 38 |
| Brown-banded rail | Lewinia mirifica | 39 |
| Lewin's rail | Lewinia pectoralis | 40 |
| Auckland rail | Lewinia muelleri | 41 |
| Hawkins's rail | Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi (E) | 42 |
| Calayan rail | Aptenorallus calayanensis | 43 |
| Invisible rail | Habroptila wallacii | 44 |
| Weka | Gallirallus australis | 45 |
| Chestnut rail | Eulabeornis castaneoventris | 46 |
| New Caledonian rail | Cabalus lafresnayanus | 47 |
| Chatham rail | Cabalus modestus (E) | 48 |
| Okinawa rail | Hypotaenidia okinawae | 49 |
| Barred rail | Hypotaenidia torquata | 50 |
| Buff-banded rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | 51 |
| Guam rail | Hypotaenidia owstoni | 52 |
| Pink-legged rail | Hypotaenidia insignis | 53 |
| Roviana rail | Hypotaenidia rovianae | 54 |
| Woodford's rail | Hypotaenidia woodfordi | 55 |
| Bar-winged rail | Hypotaenidia poeciloptera (E) | 56 |
| Lord Howe woodhen | Hypotaenidia sylvestris | 57 |
| Dieffenbach's rail | Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii (E) | 58 |
| Tahiti rail | Hypotaenidia pacifica (E) | 59 |
| Wake Island rail | Hypotaenidia wakensis (E) | 60 |
| Spot-flanked gallinule | Porphyriops melanops | 61 |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | 62 |
| Spotted crake | Porzana porzana | 63 |
| Australian crake | Porzana fluminea | 64 |
| Black-tailed nativehen | Tribonyx ventralis | 65 |
| Tasmanian nativehen | Tribonyx mortierii | 66 |
| Lesser moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | 67 |
| Dusky moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | 68 |
| Common gallinule | Gallinula galeata | 69 |
| Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | 70 |
| Tristan moorhen | Gallinula nesiotis (E) | 71 |
| Gough moorhen | Gallinula comeri | 72 |
| Makira woodhen | Gallinula silvestris | 73 |
| Samoan woodhen | Gallinula pacifica (E) | 74 |
| Red-fronted coot | Fulica rufifrons | 75 |
| Horned coot | Fulica cornuta | 76 |
| Giant coot | Fulica gigantea | 77 |
| Red-gartered coot | Fulica armillata | 78 |
| Eurasian coot | Fulica atra | 79 |
| Red-knobbed coot | Fulica cristata | 80 |
| Mascarene coot | Fulica newtonii (E) | 81 |
| Hawaiian coot | Fulica alai | 82 |
| American coot | Fulica americana | 83 |
| Andean coot | Fulica ardesiaca | 84 |
| White-winged coot | Fulica leucoptera | 85 |
| Allen's gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | 86 |
| Purple gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | 87 |
| Azure gallinule | Porphyrio flavirostris | 88 |
| Western swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | 89 |
| African swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 90 |
| Grey-headed swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | 91 |
| Black-backed swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | 92 |
| Philippine swamphen | Porphyrio pulverulentus | 93 |
| Australasian swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | 94 |
| White swamphen | Porphyrio albus (E) | 95 |
| North Island takahe | Porphyrio mantelli (E) | 96 |
| South Island takahe | Porphyrio hochstetteri | 97 |
| Ocellated crake | Micropygia schomburgkii | 98 |
| Russet-crowned crake | Rufirallus viridis | 99 |
| Chestnut-headed crake | Rufirallus castaneiceps | 100 |
| Swinhoe's rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | 101 |
| Yellow rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | 102 |
| Speckled rail | Coturnicops notatus | 103 |
| Yellow-breasted crake | Laterallus flaviventer | 104 |
| Black rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | 105 |
| Galapagos crake | Laterallus spilonota | 106 |
| Dot-winged crake | Laterallus spiloptera | 107 |
| Inaccessible Island rail | Laterallus rogersi | 108 |
| Ruddy crake | Laterallus ruber | 109 |
| Rufous-sided crake | Laterallus melanophaius | 110 |
| Rusty-flanked crake | Laterallus levraudi | 111 |
| Rufous-faced crake | Laterallus xenopterus | 112 |
| Red-and-white crake | Laterallus leucopyrrhus | 113 |
| Grey-breasted crake | Laterallus exilis | 114 |
| White-throated crake | Laterallus albigularis | 115 |
| Black-banded crake | Laterallus fasciatus | 116 |
| Ascension crake | Mundia elpenor (E) | 117 |
| St. Helena rail | Aphanocrex podarces (E) | 118 |
| Black crake | Zapornia flavirostra | 119 |
| Sakalava rail | Zapornia olivieri | 120 |
| Ruddy-breasted crake | Zapornia fusca | 121 |
| Band-bellied crake | Zapornia paykullii | 122 |
| Black-tailed crake | Zapornia bicolor | 123 |
| Brown crake | Zapornia akool | 124 |
| Baillon's crake | Zapornia pusilla | 125 |
| St. Helena crake | Zapornia astrictocarpus (E) | 126 |
| Little crake | Zapornia parva | 127 |
| Spotless crake | Zapornia tabuensis | 128 |
| Kosrae crake | Zapornia monasa (E) | 129 |
| Tahiti crake | Zapornia nigra (E) | 130 |
| Henderson crake | Zapornia atra | 131 |
| Hawaiian rail | Zapornia sandwichensis (E) | 132 |
| Laysan rail | Zapornia palmeri (E) | 133 |
| Slaty-legged crake | Rallina eurizonoides | 134 |
| Andaman crake | Rallina canningi | 135 |
| Red-legged crake | Rallina fasciata | 136 |
| Red-necked crake | Rallina tricolor | 137 |
| Blue-faced rail | Gymnocrex rosenbergii | 138 |
| Talaud rail | Gymnocrex talaudensis | 139 |
| Bare-eyed rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | 140 |
| Nkulengu rail | Himantornis haematopus | 141 |
| New Guinea flightless rail | Megacrex inepta | 142 |
| White-browed crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | 143 |
| Striped crake | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | 144 |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | 145 |
| White-breasted waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | 146 |
| Plain bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea | 147 |
| Talaud bush-hen | Amaurornis magnirostris | 148 |
| Isabelline bush-hen | Amaurornis isabellina | 149 |
| Pale-vented bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | 150 |
| Red rail | Aphanapteryx bonasia (E) | 151 |
| Rodrigues rail | Erythromachus leguati (E) | 152 |
References
- Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (July 2023). "Finfoots, flufftails, rails, trumpeters, cranes, Limpkin". IOC World Bird List. v 13.2. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
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