THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
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
97 records · page 2 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blackish RailPardirallus nigricans (Vieillot, 1819) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson, 1838) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot, 1819) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White SwamphenPorphyrio albus (Shaw, 1790) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| South Island TakahePorphyrio hochstetteri (A. B. Meyer, 1883) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed SwamphenPorphyrio indicus Horsfield, 1821 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonia GallinulePorphyrio kukwiedei Balouet & Olson, 1989 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| North Island TakahePorphyrio mantelli (Owen, 1848) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1801) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spot-flanked GallinulePorphyriops melanops (Vieillot, 1819) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| SoraPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian CrakePorzana fluminea Gould, 1843 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted CrakePorzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andaman CrakeRallina canningi (Blyth, 1863) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides (Lafresnaye, 1845) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-legged CrakeRallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-necked CrakeRallina tricolor G. R. Gray, 1858 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecuadorian RailRallus aequatorialis Sharpe, 1894 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Water RailRallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African RailRallus caerulescens J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Clapper RailRallus crepitans J. F. Gmelin, 1789 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| King RailRallus elegans Audubon, 1834 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-cheeked RailRallus indicus Blyth, 1849 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Virginia RailRallus limicola Vieillot, 1819 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mangrove RailRallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar RailRallus madagascariensis J. Verreaux, 1833 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeus P. L. Sclater, 1856 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aztec RailRallus tenuirostris Ridgway, 1874 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain-flanked RailRallus wetmorei J. T. Zimmer & W. H. Phelps, 1944 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rouget's RailRougetius rougetii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-and-white CrakeRufirallus leucopyrrhus (Vieillot, 1819) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Russet-crowned CrakeRufirallus viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-faced CrakeRufirallus xenopterus (Conover, 1934) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-tailed Native-henTribonyx ventralis (Gould, 1837) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| St Helena RailZapornia astrictocarpus (Olson, 1973) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Black-tailed CrakeZapornia bicolor (Walden, 1872) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra (Swainson, 1837) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kosrae CrakeZapornia monasa (Kittlitz, 1858) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Sakalava RailZapornia olivieri (G. Grandidier & Berlioz, 1929) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laysan RailZapornia palmeri (Frohawk, 1892) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Little CrakeZapornia parva (Scopoli, 1769) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Band-bellied CrakeZapornia paykullii (Ljungh, 1813) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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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.