Rails, Gallinules, and Coots | Bird Family Guide

122 species

Every species in this family

The same 122 birds as a plain list, if you already know the name you want.

African Crake Crecopsis egregia
African Rail Rallus caerulescens
Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
American Coot Fulica americana
Andaman Crake Rallina canningi
Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
Ash-throated Crake Mustelirallus albicollis
Auckland Rail Lewinia muelleri
Austral Rail Rallus antarcticus
Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
Aztec Rail Rallus tenuirostris
Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii
Bare-eyed Rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
Black-banded Crake Rufirallus fasciatus
Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
Blue-faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergii
Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus
Brown Crake Zapornia akool
Brown Wood Rail Aramides wolfi
Brown-banded Rail Lewinia mirifica
Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Calayan Rail Gallirallus calayanensis
Chestnut Rail Gallirallus castaneoventris
Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps
Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
Colombian Crake Mustelirallus colombianus
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Corn Crake Crex crex
Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Galapagos Crake Laterallus spilonota
Giant Coot Fulica gigantea
Giant Wood Rail Aramides ypecaha
Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri
Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus
Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai
Henderson Crake Zapornia atra
Horned Coot Fulica cornuta
Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi
Invisible Rail Gallirallus wallacii
Isabelline Bush-hen Amaurornis isabellina
King Rail Rallus elegans
Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
Little Crake Zapornia parva
Little Wood Rail Aramides mangle
Lord Howe Woodhen Gallirallus sylvestris
Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis
Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
Ocellated Crake Rufirallus schomburgkii
Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae
Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
Pink-legged Rail Gallirallus insignis
Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea
Plain-flanked Rail Rallus wetmorei
Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Red-and-white Crake Rufirallus leucopyrrhus
Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
Red-winged Wood Rail Aramides calopterus
Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
Roviana Rail Gallirallus rovianae
Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
Rufous-faced Crake Rufirallus xenopterus
Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis
Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi
Sakalava Rail Zapornia olivieri
Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
Slaty-breasted Wood Rail Aramides saracura
Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni
Sora Porzana carolina
South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri
Speckled Rail Laterallus notatus
Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus
Talaud Bush-hen Amaurornis magnirostris
Talaud Rail Gymnocrex talaudensis
Tasmanian Nativehen Tribonyx mortierii
Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
Weka Gallirallus australis
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri
White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
Woodford's Rail Gallirallus woodfordi
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer