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Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)

Wikipedia Abstract

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, although the family is found in every terrestrial habitat except dry deserts, polar regions and alpine areas above the snow line. Members of the Rallidae are found on every continent except Antarctica. There are numerous island species.
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Genus

Aenigmatolimnas (striped crake) (1)
Amaurolimnas (uniform crake) (1)
Amaurornis (bush-hens and crakes) (6)   (1)
Anurolimnas (chestnut-headed crake and relatives) (3)
Aramides (wood rails) (7)
Aramidopsis (snoring rail) (1)
Atlantisia (inacessible rail) (1)
Canirallus (forest rails) (2)
Coturnicops (yellow rails) (3)
Crex (corn crakes) (2)
Cyanolimnas (Zapata rail) (1)   (1)
Dryolimnas (white-throated rail) (1)
Eulabeornis (chestnut-bellied rail) (1)
Fulica (coots) (11)
Gallicrex (watercock) (1)
Gallinula (moorhens) (9)   (2)
Gallirallus (Pacific Island rails and crakes) (16)   (4)
Gymnocrex (bare-eyed rails) (3)   (1)
Habroptila (invisible rail) (1)
Himantornis (Nkulengu rail) (1)
Laterallus (black rails) (9)   (1)
Lewinia (Lewin's rails and relatives) (3)
Megacrex (New Guinea flightless rail) (1)
Micropygia (ocellated crake) (1)
Neocrex (paint-billed crakes) (2)
Nesoclopeus (bar-winged rail) (1)
Pardirallus (spotted rails) (3)
Porphyrio (swamphens) (7)   (1)   (1)
Porzana (soras and lesser crakes) (17)
Rallina (forest rails and crakes) (8)
Rallus (greater rails) (9)   (2)
Rougetius (Rouget's rail) (1)
Sarothrura (flufftails) (9)   (2)

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