A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Rallidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolor (Gosse, 1847) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isabelline Bush-henAmaurornis isabellina (Schlegel, 1865) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Talaud Bush-henAmaurornis magnirostris Lambert, 1998 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-headed CrakeAnurolimnas castaneiceps (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-cowled Wood RailAramides cajaneus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-winged Wood RailAramides calopterus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1878 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty-breasted Wood RailAramides saracura (Spix, 1825) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Wood RailAramides ypecaha (Vieillot, 1819) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snoring RailAramidopsis plateni (W. Blasius, 1886) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonian RailCabalus lafresnayanus (J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-throated RailCanirallus oculeus (Hartlaub, 1855) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swinhoe's RailCoturnicops exquisitus (Swinhoe, 1873) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African CrakeCrecopsis egregia (W. Peters, 1854) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reunion RailDryolimnas augusti Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Ribes & Moutou, 1999 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-throated RailDryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rodrigues RailErythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards, 1873 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Chestnut RailEulabeornis castaneoventris Gould, 1844 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Horned CootFulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant CootFulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mascarene CootFulica newtonii Milne-Edwards, 1867 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Red-fronted CootFulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tristan GallinuleGallinula nesiotis P. L. Sclater, 1861 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Samoan MoorhenGallinula pacifica (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Makira MoorhenGallinula silvestris (Mayr, 1933) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| WekaGallirallus australis (Sparrman, 1786) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bald-faced RailGymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Drummer RailHabroptila wallacii G. R. Gray, 1861 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus Hartlaub, 1855 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Okinawa RailHypotaenidia okinawae (Yamashina & Mano, 1981) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guam RailHypotaenidia owstoni Rothschild, 1895 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-winged RailHypotaenidia poeciloptera (Hartlaub, 1866) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis (Lawrence, 1861) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis (Temminck, 1831) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rusty-flanked CrakeLaterallus levraudi (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-sided CrakeLaterallus melanophaius (Vieillot, 1819) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1860) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galapagos CrakeLaterallus spilonota (Gould, 1841) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dot-winged CrakeLaterallus spiloptera (Durnford, 1877) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Auckland RailLewinia muelleri (Rothschild, 1893) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea Flightless RailMegacrex inepta D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ascension CrakeMundia elpenor (Olson, 1973) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Zapata RailMustelirallus cerverai (Barbour & J. L. Peters, 1927) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paint-billed CrakeMustelirallus erythrops (P. L. Sclater, 1867) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata (Sundevall, 1850) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.