| IOC English Name | Scientific Name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
ORDER OTIDIFORMES |
PHY, TAX : Move bustards (Otididae) from the Gruiformes to their own Order, the Otidiformes (Hackett et al. 2008) | ||
Bustards (26) |
Family Otididae |
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| Great Bustard | Otis tarda Linnaeus, 1758 | EU : ec, wc | |
| O. t. tarda Linnaeus, 1758 | sw and c Europe and nw Africa to sw Siberia and c Mongolia | ||
| O. t. dybowskii Taczanowski, 1874 | Mongolia to e Siberia and ne China | ||
| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs (Linnaeus, 1758) | AF : w, c ne | |
| A. a. lynesi (Bannerman, 1930) | w Morocco | ||
| A. a. stieberi (Neumann, 1907) | sw Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to e Sudan | ||
| A. a. arabs (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia | ||
| A. a. butleri (Bannerman, 1930) | s Sudan | ||
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori (Burchell, 1822) | AF : e, s | |
| A. k. struthiunculus (Neumann, 1907) | Ethiopia and n Somalia to Uganda and n Tanzania | ||
| A. k. kori (Burchell, 1822) | Angola to s Mozambique and South Africa | ||
| Great Indian Bustard | Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors, 1831) | OR : India | |
| Australian Bustard | Ardeotis australis (Gray, JE, 1829) | AU : Australia, s New Guinea | |
| Houbara Bustard | Chlamydotis undulata (Jacquin, 1784) | AF : n | |
| C. u. fuertaventurae (Rothschild & Hartert, 1894) | e Canary Is. | ||
| C. u. undulata (Jacquin, 1784) | n Africa | ||
| Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii (Gray, JE, 1832) | EU : Middle East to c China | |
| Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii (Rüppell, 1837) | AF : sw | |
| Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami (Children & Vigors, 1826) | AF : widespread | |
| N. d. denhami (Children & Vigors, 1826) | sw Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to w Ethiopis and n Uganda | ||
| N. d. jacksoni Bannerman, 1930 | Kenya to n Zimbabwe, DR Congo and s Angola | ||
| N. d. stanleyi (Gray, JE, 1831) | South Africa | ||
| Heuglin's Bustard | Neotis heuglinii (Hartlaub, 1859) | AF : e | |
| Nubian Bustard | Neotis nuba (Cretzschmar, 1826) | AF : ne, nc, nw | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis (Vieillot, 1821) | AF : widespread | TAX : Includes Barrow‘s Korhaan (barrowii) as a ssp (Roberts VII, HBW 3) |
| E. s. senegalensis (Vieillot, 1821) | sw Mauritania to Sudan and w Ethiopia south to Guinea, Cameroon and Central African Republic | ||
| E. s. canicollis (Reichenow, 1881) | Ethiopia and Somalia to ne Tanzania | ||
| E. s. erlangeri (Reichenow, 1905) | sw Kenya, w Tanzania | ||
| E. s. mackenziei White, CMN, 1945 | e Gabon to e Angola and w Zambia | ||
| E. s. barrowii (Gray, JE, 1829) | s | ||
| Blue Korhaan | Eupodotis coerulescens (Temminck, 1807) | AF : s | |
| Karoo Korhaan | Eupodotis vigorsii (Smith, A, 1831) | AF : s | |
| E. v. namaqua (Roberts, 1932) | s Namibia, nw Cape Province (South Africa) | ||
| E. v. vigorsii (Smith, A, 1831) | Orange Free State to s Cape Province (South Africa) | ||
| R�ppell's Korhaan | Eupodotis rueppelii (Wahlberg, 1856) | AF : sw | |
| E. r. rueppelii (Wahlberg, 1856) | s Angola, nw Namibia | ||
| E. r. fitzsimonsi (Roberts, 1937) | wc Namibia | ||
| Little Brown Bustard | Eupodotis humilis (Blyth, 1855) | AF : e Ethiopia, n Somalia | |
| Savile's Bustard | Lophotis savilei Lynes, 1920 | AF : w,c | |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana (Oustalet, 1881) | AF : e | |
| Red-crested Korhaan | Lophotis ruficrista (Smith, A, 1836) | AF : s | |
| Southern Black Korhaan | Afrotis afra (Linnaeus, 1758) | AF : s | |
| Northern Black Korhaan | Afrotis afraoides (Smith, A, 1831) | AF : s | |
| A. a. etoschae (Grote, 1922) | nw Namibia, n Botswana | ||
| A. a. damarensis Roberts, 1926 | Namibia, w and c Botswana | ||
| A. a. afraoides (Smith, A, 1831) | se Botswana to Lesotho and ne South Africa | ||
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) | AF : widespread | |
| L. m. melanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia south to Angola and Mozambique | ||
| L. m. notophila Oberholser, 1905 | Zimbabwe and s Mozambique to South Africa | ||
| Hartlaub's Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii (Heuglin, 1863) | AF : e | |
| Bengal Florican | Houbaropsis bengalensis (Statius Müller, 1776) | OR : s Nepal, ne India, s Vietnam | |
| H. b. bengalensis (Statius Müller, 1776) | s Nepal to n and e India | ||
| H. b. blandini Delacour, 1928 | s Cambodia, s Vietnam | ||
| Lesser Florican | Sypheotides indicus (Miller, JF, 1782) | OR : India | |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : w, c | |
ORDER MESITORNITHIFORMES |
PHY, TAX : Move Mesites (Mesitornithidae) from the Gruiformes to their own Order, the Mesitornithiformes (Hackett et al. 2008, relationships uncertain) | ||
Mesites (3) |
Family Mesitornithidae |
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| White-breasted Mesite | Mesitornis variegatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1838) | AF : Madagascar | |
| Brown Mesite | Mesitornis unicolor (Des Murs, 1845) | AF : Madagascar | |
| Subdesert Mesite | Monias benschi Oustalet & Grandidier, G, 1903 | AF : Madagascar | |
ORDER CARIAMIFORMES |
PHY, TAX : Move seriemas (Cariamidae) from the Gruiformes to their own Order, the Cariamiformes (Hackett et al. 2008) | ||
Seriemas (2) |
Family Cariamidae |
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| Red-legged Seriema | Cariama cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) | SA : se | |
| Black-legged Seriema | Chunga burmeisteri (Hartlaub, 1860) | SA : sc | |
ORDER EURYPYGIFORMES |
PHY, TAX : The Kagu (Rhynochetidae) and Sunbittern (Eurypygidae) are removed from the Gruiformes to a new Order, tentatively named the "Eurypygiformes" (Hackett et al. 2008). | ||
Kagu (1) |
Family Rhynochetidae |
PHY : The Kagu (Rhynochetidae) and Sunbittern (Eurypygidae) are sister taxa (Hackett et al. 2008). | |
| Kagu | Rhynochetos jubatus Verreaux, J & Des Murs, 1860 | AU : New Caledonia | |
Sunbittern (1) |
Family Eurypygidae |
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| Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias (Pallas, 1781) | LA : Guatemala through Amazonia | |
| E. h. major Hartlaub, 1844 | Guatemala to w Ecuador | ||
| E. h. meridionalis Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 | sc Peru | ||
| E. h. helias (Pallas, 1781) | Colombia to the Guianas south though Amazonian Brazil to e Bolivia | ||
ORDER GRUIFORMES |
PHY : Long recognized to be an artificial assemblage of taxa, the Gruiformes is now restricted to flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, and Limpkin (Hackett et al. 2008) | ||
Flufftails (9) |
Family Sarothruridae |
PHY : The flufftails (Sarothruridae) and finfoots (Heliornithidae) are sister taxa (Hackett et al. 2008) | |
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra (Gray, JE, 1829) | AF : w, wc, c | |
| S. p. batesi Bannerman, 1922 | s Cameroon | ||
| S. p. centralis Neumann, 1908 | Gabon to s Sudan south to n Angola and nw Zambia | ||
| S. p. pulchra (Gray, JE, 1829) | Gambia and Senegal to n Cameroon | ||
| S. p. zenkeri Neumann, 1908 | se Nigeria, w Cameroon, n Gabon | ||
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans (Smith, A, 1839) | AF : widespread | |
| S. e. reichenovi (Sharpe, 1894) | Sierra Leone to Uganda and n Angola | ||
| S. e. elegans (Smith, A, 1839) | Ethiopia and Somalia to South Africa | ||
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa (Vieillot, 1819) | AF : widespread | |
| S. r. bonapartii (Bonaparte, 1856) | Sierra Leone to Gabon and Congo | ||
| S. r. elizabethae van Someren, 1919 | Central African Republic to Ethiopia south to DR Congo, Uganda and w Kenya | ||
| S. r. rufa (Vieillot, 1819) | c Kenya and ne Tanzania to South Africa | ||
| Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens (Böhm, 1884) | AF : c, sc | |
| S. l. lugens (Böhm, 1884) | Cameroon to DR Congo and w Tanzania | ||
| S. l. lynesi Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1934 | c Angola to Zimbabwe | ||
| Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi Reichenow, 1900 | AF : c, sc | |
| Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis (Smith, A, 1828) | AF : e, s | |
| S. a. antonii Madarász & Neumann, 1911 | s Sudan to e Zimbabwe | ||
| S. a. affinis (Smith, A, 1828) | South Africa | ||
| Madagascar Flufftail | Sarothrura insularis (Sharpe, 1870) | AF : Madagascar | |
| White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi (Gurney, 1877) | AF : e, s | |
| Slender-billed Flufftail | Sarothrura watersi (Bartlett, 1880) | AF : Madagascar | |
Finfoots (3) |
Family Heliornithidae |
PHY : The finfoots (Heliornithidae) and flufftails (Sarothruridae) are sister taxa (Hackett et al. 2008) | |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) | AF : widespread | |
| P. s. camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1893 | s Cameroon to DR Congo | ||
| P. s. petersii Hartlaub, 1852 | Angola to Mazambique south to South Africa | ||
| P. s. senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) | Gambia and Senegal to Nigeria and Ethiopia to n DR Congo, Uganda and nw Tanzania | ||
| P. s. somereni Chapin, 1954 | Kenya, ne Tanzania | ||
| Masked Finfoot | Heliopais personatus (Gray, GR, 1849) | OR : ne India to Sumatra | |
| Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783) | LA : se Mexico to ne Argentina | |
Rails, Crakes and Coots (151) |
Family Rallidae |
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| Nkulengu Rail | Himantornis haematopus Hartlaub, 1855 | AF : w, wc, c | |
| Grey-throated Rail | Canirallus oculeus (Hartlaub, 1855) | AF : w, wc, c | |
| Madagascar Wood Rail | Canirallus kioloides (Pucheran, 1845) | AF : Madagascar | |
| C. k. berliozi (Salomonsen, 1934) | nw Madagascar | ||
| C. k. kioloides (Pucheran, 1845) | e Madagascar | ||
| Tsingy Wood Rail | Canirallus beankaensis (Goodman, Raherilalao & Block, 2011) | AF : w Madagascar | AS : Tsingy Wood Rail is split from Madagascar Wood Rail based on Goodman et al 2011) |
| Swinhoe's Rail | Coturnicops exquisitus (Swinhoe, 1873) | EU : e | |
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | NA : e,c | |
| C. n. noveboracensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | Canada, n USA | ||
| C. n. goldmani (Nelson, 1904) | c Mexico | ||
| Speckled Rail | Coturnicops notatus (Gould, 1841) | SA : n, se | ENG : CHANGE English name of Coturnicops notatus to Speckled Rail, which is consistent with Yellow Rail per SACC |
| Ocellated Crake | Micropygia schomburgkii (Cabanis, 1848) | SA : n, sc, se | |
| M. s. schomburgkii (Cabanis, 1848) | Colombia through the Guianas and to se Peru and Bolivia | ||
| M. s. chapmani (Naumburg, 1930) | c and se Brazil | ||
| Chestnut Forest Rail | Rallicula rubra Schlegel, 1871 | AU : New Guinea | ENG : Change English name of Rallicula (Rallina) rubra to Chestnut Forest Rail (Gregory 2009) |
| R. r. rubra Schlegel, 1871 | w New Guinea | ||
| R. r. klossi Ogilvie-Grant, 1913 | wc New Guinea | ||
| R. r. telefolminensis Gilliard, 1961 | c New Guinea | ||
| White-striped Forest Rail | Rallicula leucospila (Salvadori, 1876) | AU : New Guinea | ENG : Change English name of Rallicula (Rallina) leucospila to White-striped Forest Rail (Gregory 2009) |
| Forbes's Forest Rail | Rallicula forbesi Sharpe, 1887 | AU : New Guinea | ENG : Change English name of Rallicula (Rallina) forbesi to Forbes‘s Forest Rail (Gregory 2009) |
| R. f. steini Rothschild, 1934 | Weyland Mts to Bismarck Mts. (c NG) | ||
| R. f. parva Pratt, 1982 | Mt. Mengam in the Adelbert Mts. (nc NG) | ||
| R. f. dryas Mayr, 1931 | Saruwaged Mts on Huon Pen. (ne NG) | ||
| R. f. forbesi Sharpe, 1887 | Herzog Mts. to Owen Stanley Mts (se NG) | ||
| Mayr's Forest Rail | Rallicula mayri Hartert, 1930 | AU : New Guinea | ENG : Change English name of Rallicula (Rallina) mayri to Mayr‘s Forest Rail (Gregory 2009) |
| R. m. mayri Hartert, 1930 | Cyclops Mts. (nw NG) | ||
| R. m. carmichaeli Diamond, 1969 | Foja, Torricelli and Bewanni Mts. (nc NG) | ||
| Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor Gray, GR, 1858 | AU : widespread | |
| Andaman Crake | Rallina canningi (Blyth, 1863) | OR : Andaman Islands | |
| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822) | OR : ne India to Lesser Sundas, Philippines | |
| Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides (Lafresnaye, 1845) | OR : widespread | |
| R. e. amauroptera (Jerdon, 1864) | nw Pakistan, India | ||
| R. e. telmatophila Hume, 1878 | Burma to se China and Indochina | ||
| R. e. sepiaria (Stejneger, 1887) | Ryukyu Is. (Japan) | ||
| R. e. alvarezi Kennedy & Ross, CA, 1987 | Batan Is. (Philippines) | ||
| R. e. formosana Seebohm, 1894 | Taiwan and Lanyu I. | ||
| R. e. eurizonoides (Lafresnaye, 1845) | Philippines (except Batan), Palau Is. | ||
| R. e. minahasa Wallace, 1863 | Sulawesi, Peleng, Sula Is. | ||
| Chestnut-headed Crake | Anurolimnas castaneiceps (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869) | SA : s Colombia to nw Bolivia | |
| A. c. coccineipes Olson, 1973 | s Colombia, ne Ecuador | ||
| A. c. castaneiceps (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869) | e Ecuador, e Peru, sw Brazil and nw Bolivia | ||
| Russet-crowned Crake | Laterallus viridis (Statius Müller, 1776) | SA : Amazonia | |
| L. v. brunnescens Todd, 1932 | e Colombia | ||
| L. v. viridis (Statius Müller, 1776) | s Venezuela through the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil to c Peru and n Bolivia | ||
| Black-banded Crake | Laterallus fasciatus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) | SA : w Amazonia | |
| Rufous-sided Crake | Laterallus melanophaius (Vieillot, 1819) | SA : widespread | |
| L. m. oenops (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | se Colombia, e Ecuador and e Peru, w Brazil | ||
| L. m. melanophaius (Vieillot, 1819) | ne Venezuela to Suriname south to n Argentina | ||
| Rusty-flanked Crake | Laterallus levraudi (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869) | SA : Venezuela | |
| Ruddy Crake | Laterallus ruber (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1860) | MA : e Mexico to Costa Rica | |
| White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis (Lawrence, 1861) | LA : Nicaragua to Ecuador | |
| L. a. cinereiceps (Lawrence, 1875) | se Honduras to nw Panama | ||
| L. a. albigularis (Lawrence, 1861) | sw Costa Rica to w Ecuador | ||
| L. a. cerdaleus Wetmore, 1958 | e Colombia | ||
| Grey-breasted Crake | Laterallus exilis (Temminck, 1831) | LA : Guatemala through Amazonia, se SA | |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | NA, LA : USA, Greater Antilles to w SA | TAX : Laterallus jamaicensis includes subspecies salinasi, which may deserve recognition (Jaramillo 2003); SACC needs proposal to split |
| L. j. coturniculus (Ridgway, 1874) | wc California (USA) to Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| L. j. jamaicensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | e USA, e Central America | ||
| L. j. murivagans (Riley, 1916) | w Peru | ||
| L. j. salinasi (Philippi, 1857) | c Chile, w Argentina | ||
| L. j. tuerosi Fjeldsā, 1983 | Peru | Junin Crake L. tuerosi best treated as a subspecies of Black Rail (SACC 536) | |
| Galapagos Crake | Laterallus spilonotus (Gould, 1841) | SA : Galápagos Islands | |
| Red-and-white Crake | Laterallus leucopyrrhus (Vieillot, 1819) | SA : se | |
| Rufous-faced Crake | Laterallus xenopterus Conover, 1934 | SA : sc Brazil, c Paraguay | |
| Bar-winged Rail | Nesoclopeus poecilopterus † (Hartlaub, 1866) | PO : Fiji Islands | EXTINCT : |
| Woodford's Rail | Nesoclopeus woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1889) | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| N. w. tertius Mayr, 1949 | Bougainville I. | ||
| N. w. woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1889) | Choiseul, Santa Isabel (Solomon Is.) | ||
| Weka | Gallirallus australis (Sparrman, 1786) | AU : New Zealand | |
| G. a. greyi (Buller, 1888) | North I. | ||
| G. a. australis (Sparrman, 1786) | n and w South I. | ||
| G. a. hectori (Hutton, FW, 1874) | e South I., Chatham Is. | ||
| G. a. scotti (Ogilvie-Grant, 1905) | Stewart, Solander and Codfish Is. | ||
| Calayan Rail | Gallirallus calayanensis Allen, D, Oliveros, Espanola, Broad & Gonzalez, 2004 | OR : Philippines | |
| New Caledonian Rail | Gallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux, J & Des Murs, 1860 | AU : New Caledonia | |
| Lord Howe Woodhen | Gallirallus sylvestris (Sclater, PL, 1870) | AU : Lord Howe Island | |
| Okinawa Rail | Gallirallus okinawae (Yamashina & Mano, 1981) | EU : Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | |
| Barred Rail | Gallirallus torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | AU : w New Guinea, Sulawesi, also Philippines | |
| G. t. torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Philippines | ||
| G. t. celebensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | Sulawesi and nearby se islands | ||
| G. t. sulcirostris (Wallace, 1863) | Peleng and Sula Is. (e of Sulawesi) | ||
| G. t. kuehni (Rothschild, 1902) | Tukangbesi Is. (e of Sulawesi) | ||
| G. t. saturatus (Sclater, PL, 1880) | Salawati I (w of New Guinea)., nw New Guinea | ||
| Pink-legged Rail | Gallirallus insignis (Sclater, PL, 1880) | AU : New Britain | |
| Tahiti Rail | Gallirallus pacificus † (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | PO : Tahiti, Mehetia (e Society Islands) | EXTINCT : |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | AU : widespread, also Philippines | |
| G. p. andrewsi (Mathews, 1911) | Cocos Keeling Is. (Indian O.) | ||
| G. p. xerophilus (van Bemmel & Hoogerwerf, 1940) | Gunungapi Wetar (Banda Sea) | ||
| G. p. wilkinsoni (Mathews, 1911) | Flores I. (Lesser Sundas) | ||
| G. p. philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumba to Timor | ||
| G. p. pelewensis (Mayr, 1933) | Palau Is. (w Caroline Is.) | ||
| G. p. anachoretae (Mayr, 1949) | Kaniet Is. (Admiralty Is.) | ||
| G. p. admiralitatis (Stresemann, 1929) | Admiralty Is. | ||
| G. p. praedo (Mayr, 1949) | Skokie I. (Admiralty Is.) | ||
| G. p. lesouefi (Mathews, 1911) | New Hanover, New Ireland, Tabar, Tanga (Bismarck Arch.) | ||
| G. p. meyeri (Hartert, 1930) | Witu, New Britain (Bismarck Arch.) | ||
| G. p. christophori (Mayr, 1938) | Solomon Is. | ||
| G. p. sethsmithi (Mathews, 1911) | Vanuatu, Fiji Is. | ||
| G. p. swindellsi (Mathews, 1911) | New Caledonia, Loyalty Is. | ||
| G. p. goodsoni (Mathews, 1911) | Samoa, Niue Is. | ||
| G. p. ecaudatus (Miller, JF, 1783) | Tonga | ||
| G. p. assimilis (Gray, GR, 1843) | New Zealand | ||
| G. p. macquariensis † (Hutton, FW, 1879) | Macquarie I. | ||
| G. p. lacustris (Mayr, 1938) | n New Guinea | ||
| G. p. reductus (Mayr, 1938) | ne and c New Guinea, Long I. | ||
| G. p. randi (Mayr & Gilliard, 1951) | w New Guinea | ||
| G. p. wahgiensis (Mayr & Gilliard, 1951) | e New Guinea | ||
| G. p. tounelieri Schodde & Naurois, 1982 | Coral Sea Is. (se New Guinea to n New Caledonia) | ||
| G. p. mellori (Mathews, 1912) | s and w New Guinea, Australia, Norfolk I. | ||
| Guam Rail | Gallirallus owstoni (Rothschild, 1895) | AU : Guam | |
| Wake Island Rail | Gallirallus wakensis † (Rothschild, 1903) | PO : Wake I. | EXTINCT : |
| Roviana Rail | Gallirallus rovianae Diamond, 1991 | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| Dieffenbach's Rail | Gallirallus dieffenbachii † (Gray, GR, 1843) | AU : Chatham Is. | EXTINCT : |
| Chatham Rail | Gallirallus modestus † (Hutton, FW, 1872) |
AU : Chatham Is. | EXTINCT : |
| Slaty-breasted Rail | Gallirallus striatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | OR : widespread | |
| G. s. albiventer (Swainson, 1838) | India and Sri Lanka to s China and Thailand | ||
| G. s. obscurior (Hume, 1874) | Andaman and Nicobar Is. | ||
| G. s. jouyi (Stejneger, 1887) | se China, Hainan I. | ||
| G. s. taiwanus (Yamashina, 1932) | Taiwan | ||
| G. s. gularis (Horsfield, 1821) | Malaysia to Indochina, Sumatra, Java and s Borneo | ||
| G. s. striatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | n Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi | ||
| Hawkins's Rail | Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi † (Forbes, HO, 1892) | AU : Chatham Is | EXT : Evidence suggests the species survived well into the 19th Century. Cooper & Tennyson 2004 |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783 | NA, LA : widespread | |
| R. l. obsoletus Ridgway, 1874 | wc California (USA) | ||
| R. l. levipes Bangs, 1899 | sw California (USA) to n Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| R. l. yumanensis Dickey, 1923 | se California and s Arizona (USA), nw Mexico | ||
| R. l. beldingi Ridgway, 1882 | s Baja California (Mexico) | ||
| R. l. crepitans Gmelin, JF, 1789 | coastal Connecticut to ne North Carolina (USA) | ||
| R. l. saturatus Ridgway, 1880 | coastal se North Carolina to e Florida (USA) | ||
| R. l. scottii Sennett, 1888 | coastal Florida (USA) | ||
| R. l. insularum Brooks, WS, 1920 | Florida Keys (USA) | ||
| R. l. coryi Maynard, 1887 | Bahama Is. | ||
| R. l. leucophaeus Todd, 1913 | Isle of Pines (Cuba) | ||
| R. l. caribaeus Ridgway, 1880 | Cuba to Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles to Antigua and Guadeloupe | ||
| R. l. pallidus Nelson, 1905 | n Yucatán Pen. (Mexico) | ||
| R. l. grossi Paynter, 1950 | islands off Quintana Roo (se Mexico) | ||
| R. l. belizensis Oberholser, 1937 | Ycacos Lagoon (Belize) | ||
| R. l. phelpsi Wetmore, 1941 | ne Colombia, nw Venezuela | ||
| R. l. margaritae Zimmer & Phelps, 1944 | Margarita I. (Venezuela) | ||
| R. l. pelodramus Oberholser, 1937 | Trinidad | ||
| R. l. waynei Brewster, 1899 | coastal se USA | ||
| R. l. longirostris Boddaert, 1783 | coast of the Guianas | ||
| R. l. crassirostris Lawrence, 1871 | coast of Brazil | ||
| R. l. cypereti Taczanowski, 1878 | coastal sw Colombia to nw Peru | ||
| King Rail | Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834 | NA, MA : e, c | |
| R. e. elegans Audubon, 1834 | e Canada, ne USA | ||
| R. e. tenuirostris Ridgway, 1874 | c Mexico | ||
| R. e. ramsdeni Riley, 1913 | Cuba and the Isle of Pines | ||
| Plain-flanked Rail | Rallus wetmorei Zimmer & Phelps, 1944 | SA : Venezuela | |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola Vieillot, 1819 | NA : widespread | |
| R. l. limicola Vieillot, 1819 | s Canada, USA | ||
| R. l. friedmanni Dickerman, 1966 | sc and se Mexico | ||
| Ecuadorian Rail | Rallus aequatorialis Sharpe, 1894 | SA : sw Colombia to sw Peru | AS : Rallus aequatorialis is split from R.limicola (Ridgely et al. 2001); SACC needs proposal |
| R. a. aequatorialis Sharpe, 1894 | sw Colombia, Ecuador | ||
| R. a. meyerdeschauenseei Fjeldsĺ, 1990 | coastal Peru | ||
| Bogota Rail | Rallus semiplumbeus Sclater, PL, 1856 | SA : Colombia | |
| R. s. semiplumbeus Sclater, PL, 1856 | e Colombia | ||
| R. s. peruvianus Taczanowski, 1886 | Peru | ||
| Austral Rail | Rallus antarcticus King, 1828 | SA : s | |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 | EU : w Europe to c Asia | |
| R. a. hibernans † Salomonsen, 1931 |
Iceland | ||
| R. a. aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 | Europe, n Africa, w Asia | ||
| R. a. korejewi Zarudny, 1905 | Aral Sea and Iran to nw China and Kashmir | ||
| Brown-cheeked Rail | Rallus indicus Blyth, 1849 | EU : e Siberia to Japan | AS : Rallus indicus is split from R. aquaticus (Livezey 1998; Rasmussen & Anderton 2005;Tavares, de Kroon & Baker 2010) |
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens Gmelin, JF, 1789 | AF : e, sc, se, s | |
| Madagascar Rail | Rallus madagascariensis Verreaux, J, 1833 | AF : Madagascar | |
| Brown-banded Rail | Lewinia mirifica (Parkes & Amadon, 1959) | OR : Philippines | |
| Lewin's Rail | Lewinia pectoralis (Temminck, 1831) | AU : Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, e Australia | |
| L. p. exsul (Hartert, 1898) | Flores I. (Lesser Sundas) | ||
| L. p. mayri (Hartert, 1930) | nw New Guinea | ||
| L. p. capta (Mayr & Gilliard, 1951) | c New Guinea | ||
| L. p. alberti (Rothschild & Hartert, 1907) | se New Guinea | ||
| L. p. clelandi † (Mathews, 1911) |
sw Australia | ||
| L. p. pectoralis (Temminck, 1831) | e and se Australia | ||
| L. p. brachipus (Swainson, 1838) | Tasmania | ||
| Auckland Rail | Lewinia muelleri (Rothschild, 1893) | AU : Auckland Islands | |
| White-throated Rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845) | AF : Madagascar, Aldabra Island | |
| D. c. cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845) | Madagascar, Mauritius | ||
| D. c. aldabranus (Günther, 1879) | Aldabra I. | ||
| D. c. abbotti † (Ridgway, 1894) |
Assumption I. (Seychelles) | ||
| Reunion Rail | Dryolimnas augusti † Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Ribes & Moutou, 1999 | IO : La Réunion | EXTINCT : Cheke & Hume, 2008 |
| Red Rail | Aphanapteryx bonasia † (de Sélys-Longchamps, 1848) |
IO : Mauritius I. | EXTINCT : Fuller, 2001, 2002. Cheke & Hume, 2008. |
| Rodrigues Rail | Erythromachus leguati † Milne-Edwards, 1873 |
IO : Rodrigues I. | EXTINCT : Fuller, 2001, 2002. Cheke & Hume, 2008. |
| African Crake | Crex egregia (Peters, W, 1854) | AF : widespread | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : c, w | |
| Rouget's Rail | Rougetius rougetii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) | AF : Ethiopia, Eritrea | |
| Snoring Rail | Aramidopsis plateni (Blasius, W, 1886) | AU : Sulawesi | |
| Ascension Crake | Mundia elpenor † (Olson, 1973) |
AO : Ascension I. | EXTINCT : Fuller, 2002. Bourne, Ashmole & Simmons, 2003 |
| St. Helena Rail | Aphanocrex podarces † Wetmore, 1963 |
AO : St. Helena I. | EXTINCT : BirdLife International (2012) IUCN Red List for birds |
| Inaccessible Island Rail | Atlantisia rogersi Lowe, 1923 | AO : Inaccessible Island | |
| Little Wood Rail | Aramides mangle (von Spix, 1825) | SA : e Brazil | |
| Rufous-necked Wood Rail | Aramides axillaris Lawrence, 1863 | LA : Mexico to Ecuador, Belize, n SA | |
| Grey-necked Wood Rail | Aramides cajaneus (Statius Müller, 1776) | LA : s Mexico to n Argentina | |
| A. c. mexicanus Bangs, 1907 | s Mexico | ||
| A. c. vanrossemi Dickey, 1929 | s Mexico to sw Guatemala and w El Salvador | ||
| A. c. albiventris Lawrence, 1868 | Yucatán Pen., Belize, n Guatemala | ||
| A. c. pacificus Miller, W & Griscom, 1921 | Honduras, Nicaragua | ||
| A. c. plumbeicollis Zeledon, 1888 | ne Costa Rica | ||
| A. c. latens Bangs & Penard, TE, 1918 | San Miguel and Viveros (Pearl Is., Panama) | ||
| A. c. morrisoni Wetmore, 1946 | San José and Pedro González Is. (Pearl Is, Panama) | ||
| A. c. cajaneus (Statius Müller, 1776) | Costa Rica to the Guianas, Paraguay and n Argentina | ||
| A. c. avicenniae Stotz, 1992 | coastal se Brazil | ||
| Brown Wood Rail | Aramides wolfi Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 | SA : Colombia to Peru | |
| Giant Wood Rail | Aramides ypecaha (Vieillot, 1819) | SA : se | |
| Slaty-breasted Wood Rail | Aramides saracura (von Spix, 1825) | SA : se | |
| Red-winged Wood Rail | Aramides calopterus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1878 | SA : w Amazonia | |
| Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor (Gosse, 1847) | LA : widespread | |
| A. c. concolor † (Gosse, 1847) |
Jamaica | ||
| A. c. guatemalensis (Lawrence, 1863) | s Mexico to Ecuador | ||
| A. c. castaneus (Pucheran, 1851) | Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, e Peru, e Bolivia | ||
| Blue-faced Rail | Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) | AU : Sulawesi | |
| Talaud Rail | Gymnocrex talaudensis Lambert, 1998 | AU : Karakelong Island | |
| Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris (Gray, GR, 1862) | AU : New Guineas, Moluccas | |
| G. p. plumbeiventris (Gray, GR, 1862) | n Moluccas, Misool I., n New Guinea, Karkar, New Ireland | ||
| G. p. hoeveni (Rosenberg, HKB, 1866) | s New Guinea, Aru Is. | ||
| G.p. intactus † (Sclater, 1869) | ? Solomon Is | ||
| Brown Crake | Amaurornis akool (Sykes, 1832) | OR : India to se China | ENG : Change English name of Amaurornis akool to widely adopted Brown Crake |
| A. a. akool (Sykes, 1832) | India, Bangladesh, w Burma | ||
| A. a. coccineipes (Slater, 1891) | se China to ne Vietnam | ||
| Isabelline Bush-hen | Amaurornis isabellina (Schlegel, 1865) | AU : Sulawesi | |
| Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea (Meyen, 1834) | OR : Philippines | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana (Wallace, 1865) | AU : Lesser Sundas to Australia | AS : Amaurornis moluccana is split from A. olivacea (Livezey 1998, Christidis & Boles 2008, BLI 1.0) |
| A. m. moluccana (Wallace, 1865) | Sangihe I., Moluccas, Misool I., w and n New Guinea | ||
| A. m. nigrifrons (Hartert, 1926) | Bismarck Arch., w Solomon Is. | ||
| A. m. ultima Mayr, 1949 | e Solomon Is. | ||
| A. m. ruficrissa (Gould, 1869) | s and e New Guinea, n and ne Australia | ||
| Talaud Bush-hen | Amaurornis magnirostris Lambert, 1998 | AU : Karakelong Island | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769) | OR : widespread | |
| A. p. phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769) | s Asia, Malay Arch. and Philippines | ||
| A. p. insularis Sharpe, 1894 | Andaman and Nicobar Is. | ||
| A. p. leucomelana (Müller, S, 1842) | Sulawesi, w Moluccas, Lesser Sundas | ||
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra (Swainson, 1837) | AF : widespread | |
| Sakalava Rail | Amaurornis olivieri (Grandidier, G & Berlioz, 1929) | AF : Madagascar | |
| St. Helena Crake | Porzana astrictocarpus † Olson, 1973 |
AO : St. Helena I. | EXTINCT : BirdLife International (2012) IUCN Red List for birds |
| Black-tailed Crake | Porzana bicolor Walden, 1872 | OR : ne India to sc China | |
| Little Crake | Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769) | EU : w, c | |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla (Pallas, 1776) | EU, AF, OR, AU : widespread | |
| P. p. intermedia (Hermann, 1804) | Europe and n Africa to Asia Minor | ||
| P. p. obscura Neumann, 1897 | e and s Africa, Madagascar | ||
| P. p. pusilla (Pallas, 1776) | c and e Asia | ||
| P. p. mira Riley, 1938 | Borneo | ||
| P. p. mayri Junge, 1952 | New Guinea | ||
| P. p. palustris Gould, 1843 | e New Guinea, Australia | ||
| P. p. affinis (Gray, GR, 1845) | New Zealand, Chatham Is. | ||
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766) | EU : w, c | |
| Australian Crake | Porzana fluminea Gould, 1843 | AU : Australia | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : widespread | |
| Dot-winged Crake | Porzana spiloptera Durnford, 1877 | SA : se | |
| Ash-throated Crake | Porzana albicollis (Vieillot, 1819) | SA : n, sc, se | |
| P. a. olivacea (Vieillot, 1819) | Colombia to the Guianas and n Brazil | ||
| P. a. albicollis (Vieillot, 1819) | e Brazil to e Bolivia, Paraguay, n Argentina | ||
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Porzana fusca (Linnaeus, 1766) | OR : widespread, also e Asia | |
| P. f. fusca (Linnaeus, 1766) | Pakistan and n India to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines | ||
| P. f. zeylonica (Baker, ECS, 1927) | w and sw India, Sri Lanka | ||
| P. f. phaeopyga Stejneger, 1887 | Ryukyu Is. (Japan) | ||
| P. f. erythrothorax (Temminck & Schlegel, 1849) | se Siberia to ne China, Korea and Japan, Taiwan | ||
| Band-bellied Crake | Porzana paykullii (Ljungh, 1813) | EU : e | |
| Spotless Crake | Porzana tabuensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | AU : widespread | |
| P. t. tabuensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | Philippines, Australasian region and Oceania except mountains of New Guinea | ||
| P. t. richardsoni Rand, 1940 | mountains in the Vogelkop (nw New Guinea) | ||
| P. t. edwardi Gyldenstolpe, 1955 | Snow Mts. ( wc New Guinea) | ||
| Tahiti Crake | Porzana nigra † (Miller, JF, 1784) | PO : Tahiti | EXTINCT : |
| Kosrae Crake | Porzana monasa † (Kittlitz, 1858) | PO : Kosrea I. (Micronesia) | EXTINCT : Walters, 1988 |
| Red-eyed Crake | Porzana atra North, 1908 | PO : Pitcairn Island | |
| Hawaiian Rail | Porzana sandwichensis † (Gmelin, JF, 1789) |
PO : Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands) | EXTINCT : |
| Laysan Rail | Porzana palmeri † (Frohawk, 1892) | PO : Laysan I. | EXTINCT : |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Porzana flaviventer (Boddaert, 1783) | NA, LA : Caribbean and s Mexico to se SA | |
| P. f. gossii (Bonaparte, 1856) | Cuba, Jamaica | ||
| P. f. hendersoni Bartsch, 1917 | Hispaniola, Puerto Rico | ||
| P. f. woodi van Rossem, 1934 | c Mexico to nw Coata Rica | ||
| P. f. bangsi Darlington, 1931 | n Colombia | ||
| P. f. flaviventer (Boddaert, 1783) | Panama to the Guianas south through Brazil to n Argentina | ||
| White-browed Crake | Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819) | OR, AU : Malay Peninsula and Philippines to n Australia | |
| Striped Crake | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857) | AF : wc, se | |
| Zapata Rail | Cyanolimnas cerverai Barbour & Peters, JL, 1927 | NA : Cuba | |
| Colombian Crake | Neocrex colombiana Bangs, 1898 | LA : Panama to Ecuador | |
| N. c. ripleyi Wetmore, 1967 | c Panama to nw Colombia | ||
| N. c. colombiana Bangs, 1898 | n and w Colombia, w Ecuador | ||
| Paint-billed Crake | Neocrex erythrops (Sclater, PL, 1867) | SA : widespread | |
| N. e. olivascens Chubb, 1918 | Panama to the Guianas south through Brazil to n Argentina | ||
| N. e. erythrops (Sclater, PL, 1867) | Galapagos Is., coastal Peru | ||
| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783) | LA : widespread, also Caribbean | |
| P. m. insolitus (Bangs & Peck, 1908) | Mexico to Costa Rica | ||
| P. m. maculatus (Boddaert, 1783) | Colombia to e Brazil south to Peru and Argentina, Caribbean islands | ||
| Blackish Rail | Pardirallus nigricans (Vieillot, 1819) | SA : w Amazonia, e, se | |
| P. n. caucae (Conover, 1949) | sw Colombia | ||
| P. n. nigricans (Vieillot, 1819) | e Ecuador and Peru to e Brazil and ne Argentina | ||
| Plumbeous Rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson, 1838) | SA : s, w | |
| P. s. simonsi Chubb, 1918 | s Ecuador, w Peru, n Chile | ||
| P. s. tschudii Chubb, 1919 | Peru, c and se Bolivia | ||
| P. s. zelebori (Pelzeln, 1865) | se Brazil | ||
| P. s. sanguinolentus (Swainson, 1838) | se Brazil to Paraguay, n Argentina and Uruguay | ||
| P. s. landbecki (Hellmayr, 1932) | c Chile sw Argentina | ||
| P. s. luridus (Peale, 1848) | s Chile, s Argentina | ||
| Chestnut Rail | Eulabeornis castaneoventris Gould, 1844 | AU : n Australia, Aru Islands | |
| E. c. sharpei Rothschild, 1906 | Aru Is. | ||
| E. c. castaneoventris Gould, 1844 | coastal n Australia | ||
| Invisible Rail | Habroptila wallacii Gray, GR, 1861 | AU : n Moluccas | |
| New Guinea Flightless Rail | Megacrex inepta d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 | AU : New Guinea | ENG : Change English name of Megacrex inepta to New Guinea Flightless Rail (Gregory 2009) |
| M. i. pallida Rand, 1938 | nc New Guinea | ||
| M. i. inepta d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 | sc New Guinea | ||
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | OR : widespread | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) | AF, EU, OR, AU : widespread | |
| P. p. porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) | sw Europe, nw Africa | ||
| P. p. caspius Hartert, 1917 | Turkey to the Caspian Sea and nw Iran | ||
| P. p. seistanicus Zarudny & Harms, 1911 | Iraq to nw India | ||
| P. p. poliocephalus (Latham, 1802) | Sri Lanka, India to s China and n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is. | ||
| P. p. viridis Begbie, 1834 | s Burma to c and s Indochina to the Malay Pen. | ||
| P. p. indicus Horsfield, 1821 | Sumatra, Java and se Borneo | ||
| P. p. melanopterus Bonaparte, 1856 | Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas | ||
| P. p. melanotus Temminck, 1820 | widespread Australasia | ||
| P. p. bellus Gould, 1841 | sw Australia | ||
| P. p. pulverulentus Temminck, 1826 | Philippines, Talaud Is.? | ||
| P. p. pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872 | Palau Is. | ||
| P. p. samoensis Peale, 1848 | Admiralty Is. to Samoa, New Caledonia, Solomon Is. and Fiji | ||
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham, 1802) | AF : widespread | |
| White Swamphen | Porphyrio albus † (Shaw, 1790) | AU : Lord Howe I. (Australia) | EXTINCT : |
| Mohoau | Porphyrio mantelli † (Owen, 1848) | AU : North Island, New Zealand | EXTINCT : Specifically distinct from P. hochstetteri. Trewick, 1996. Also known as North Island Takahe. |
| Takahe | Porphyrio hochstetteri (Meyer, AB, 1883) | AU : South Island, New Zealand | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 | AF : widespread | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus (Linnaeus, 1766) | NA, LA : se USA to n Argentina | |
| Azure Gallinule | Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | SA : n, Amazonia, sc | |
| Samoan Woodhen | Gallinula pacifica † (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871) | PO : w Samoa | EXTINCT : |
| Makira Woodhen | Gallinula silvestris (Mayr, 1933) | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| Tristan Moorhen | Gallinula nesiotis † Sclater, PL, 1861 | AO : Tristan da Cunha | EXTINCT : |
| Gough Moorhen | Gallinula comeri (Allen, JA, 1892) | AO : Gough Is. | AS, ENG : Gallinula comeri is split from its (extinct) flightlless relative G.nesiotis (Collar & Stuart 1985); BLI recognizes; Change name to traditional “moorhen“ (P.Ryan) |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU, AF, IO, OR, PO : widespread | |
| G. c. chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Europe and n Africa to Japan and se Asia | ||
| G. c. meridionalis (Brehm, CL, 1831) | Africa south of the Sahara, St. Helena | ||
| G. c. pyrrhorrhoa Newton, A, 1861 | Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius and Comoros Is. | ||
| G. c. orientalis Horsfield, 1821 | Seychelles, Andamans, Malay Pen., Indonesia and Philippines | ||
| G. c. guami Hartert, 1917 | n Mariana Is. | ||
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata (Lichtenstein, 1818) | NA, SA, PO : widespread | AS : Common Gallinule of Western Hemisphere is split from Common Moorhen on the basis of morphological, genetic, and vocal differences (Groenenberg et al 2008, SACC 416, NACC-2010-10) |
| G. g. sandvicensis Streets, 1877 | Hawaiian Is. | ||
| G. g. cachinnans Bangs, 1915 | se Canada, USA to w Panama, Bermuda, Galapagos Is. | ||
| G. g. cerceris Bangs, 1910 | Greater and Lesser Antilles | ||
| G. g. barbadensis Bond, 1954 | Barbados | ||
| G. g. pauxilla Bangs, 1915 | e Panama, n and w Colombia, w Ecuador, nw Peru | ||
| G. g. garmani Allen, JA, 1876 | Andes of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina | ||
| G. g. galeata (Lichtenstein, 1818) | Trinidad, the Guianas south to Uruguay and n Argentina | ||
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846 | AU : widespread | |
| G. t. frontata Wallace, 1863 | se Borneo to Sulawesi, s Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and se New Guinea | ||
| G. t. neumanni Hartert, 1930 | n New Guinea | ||
| G. t. tenebrosa Gould, 1846 | Australia | ||
| Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850 | AF : widespread | |
| Spot-flanked Gallinule | Gallinula melanops (Vieillot, 1819) | SA : e, s | |
| G. m. bogotensis (Chapman, 1914) | c Colombia | ||
| G. m. crassirostris (Gray, JE, 1829) | Argentina and Chile | ||
| G. m. melanops (Vieillot, 1819) | Peru to e Bolivia, e Brazil, Uruguary, Paraguay and ne Argentina | ||
| Black-tailed Nativehen | Tribonyx ventralis (Gould, 1837) | AU : Australia | |
| Tasmanian Nativehen | Tribonyx mortierii Du Bus de Gisignies, 1840 | AU : Tasmania | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata Gmelin, JF, 1789 | AF : s, se, e | |
| Mascarene Coot | Fulica newtonii † Milne-Edwards, 1867 | IO : Mauritius I., La Réunion | EXTINCT : Cheke & Hume, 2008 |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 | EU, OR, AU : widespread | |
| F. a. atra Linnaeus, 1758 | Europe and n Africa to Japan, India, se Asia, Philippines and Borneo | ||
| F. a. lugubris Müller, S, 1847 | Java, Bali, w New Guinea | ||
| F. a. australis Gould, 1845 | Australia, New Zealand | ||
| Hawaiian Coot | Fulica alai Peale, 1848 | PO : Hawaiian Islands | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana Gmelin, JF, 1789 | NA, MA : widespread, also Hawaiian Islands and n SA | |
| F. a. americana Gmelin, JF, 1789 | se Alaska and Canada to Costa Rica and the West Indies | ||
| F. a. columbiana Chapman, 1914 | Colombia and n Ecuador | ||
| F. a. peruviana Morrison, 1939 | Peru | ||
| Caribbean Coot | Fulica caribaea Ridgway, 1884 | NA : Caribbean, also n SA | |
| White-winged Coot | Fulica leucoptera Vieillot, 1817 | SA : sc, Southern Cone | |
| Andean Coot | Fulica ardesiaca Tschudi, 1843 | SA : Colombia to nw Argentina | |
| F. a. atrura Fjeldsĺ, 1983 | s Colombia to nw Peru | ||
| F. a. ardesiaca Tschudi, 1843 | c Peru to n Chile and nw Argentina | ||
| Red-gartered Coot | Fulica armillata Vieillot, 1817 | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Red-fronted Coot | Fulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Giant Coot | Fulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 | SA : Peru to nw Argentina | |
| Horned Coot | Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853 | SA : n Chile to nw Argentina | |
Trumpeters (3) |
Family Psophiidae |
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| Grey-winged Trumpeter | Psophia crepitans Linnaeus, 1758 | SA : n Amazonia | |
| P. c. crepitans Linnaeus, 1758 | Venezuela and se Colombia through the Guianas and n Brazil | ||
| P. c. napensis Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873 | se Colombia to ne Peru and nw Brazil | ||
| Pale-winged Trumpeter | Psophia leucoptera von Spix, 1825 | SA : w Amazonia | |
| P. l. leucoptera von Spix, 1825 | e Peru, ne Bolivia, wc Brazil | ||
| P. l. ochroptera Pelzeln, 1857 | ne Brazil | ||
| Dark-winged Trumpeter | Psophia viridis von Spix, 1825 | SA : s Amazonia | TAX : Three subspecies of Dark-winged Trumpeter may deserve species status (Oppenheimer & Silveira 2009) |
| P. v. viridis von Spix, 1825 | from Rio Madeira to Rio Tapajós (c Brazil) | ||
| P. v. dextralis Conover, 1934 | from Rio Tapajós to Rio Tocantins (ec Brazil) | ||
| P. v. obscura Pelzeln, 1857 | from Rio Tocantins through ne Para (ne Brazil) | ||
Cranes (15) |
Family Gruidae |
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| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum (Bennett, ET, 1834) | AF : e, se | |
| B. r. gibbericeps Reichenow, 1892 | s Uganda and Kenya to n Zimbabwe and n Mozambique | ||
| B. r. regulorum (Bennett, ET, 1834) | s Angola and n Namibia to Zimbabwe and e South Africa | ||
| Black Crowned Crane | Balearica pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758) | AF : ne, c, w | |
| B. p. ceciliae Mitchell, 1904 | Senegal and Gambia to Chad | ||
| B. p. pavonina (Linnaeus, 1758) | sw Chad to w Ethiopia to n w Kenya and n Uganda | ||
| Siberian Crane | Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773 | EU : n | PHY, TAX : canadensis clade of Grus cranes may deserve generic recognition (Krajewski et al 2010; Fjelds? comm) |
| Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : widespread | |
| G. c. canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | ne Siberia through Alaska and Canada to Baffin I. | ||
| G. c. rowani Walkinshaw, 1965 | British Columbia to n Ontario | ||
| G. c. tabida (Peters, JL, 1925) | sw Canada, w and c USA | ||
| G. c. pratensis Meyer, FAA, 1794 | Georgia and Florida (USA) | ||
| G. c. pulla Aldrich, 1972 | Mississippi (USA) | ||
| G. c. nesiotes Bangs & Zappey, 1905 | Cuba, Isle of Pines | ||
| White-naped Crane | Grus vipio Pallas, 1811 | EU : e | |
| Sarus Crane | Grus antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) | OR, AU : n India, Southeast Asia, n Australia | |
| G. a. antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) | n India, Nepal, Bangladesh | ||
| G. a. sharpii Blanford, 1895 | Cambodia, s Laos | ||
| G. a. gillae Schodde, Blackman & Haffenden, 1989 | ne Australia | ||
| Brolga | Grus rubicunda (Perry, 1810) | AU : s New Guinea, Australia | |
| Demoiselle Crane | Grus virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : c | |
| Blue Crane | Grus paradisea (Lichtenstein, AAH, 1793) | AF : s | |
| Wattled Crane | Grus carunculata (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | AF : ne, sc, se | |
| Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis (Statius Müller, 1776) | EU : e | |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | NA : c | |
| Common Crane | Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EU : widespread | |
| G. g. grus (Linnaeus, 1758) | c, n and e Europe to the Ural Mts. | ||
| G. g. lilfordi Sharpe, 1894 | Turkey through sw Asia to ec Asia | ||
| G. g. archibaldi Ilyashenko, 2008 | sw Armenia | ||
| Hooded Crane | Grus monacha Temminck, 1835 | EU : e | |
| Black-necked Crane | Grus nigricollis Przewalski, 1876 | EU : sc | |
Limpkin (1) |
Family Aramidae |
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| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766) | NA, LA : se USA to Argentina | |
| A. g. pictus (Meyer, FAA, 1794) | Florida (USA), Cuba, Jamaica | ||
| A. g. elucus Peters, JL, 1925 | Hispaniola, Puerto Rico | ||
| A. g. dolosus Peters, JL, 1925 | se Mexico to Panama | ||
| A. g. guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766) | n South America to Paraguay and Argentina |