Bird group
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
131 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.
The African Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It usually…
The African Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It usually…
The African Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Madagascar. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes,…
The Allen's Gallinule is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It…
The American Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Andaman Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Andaman Islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Ash-throated Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Auckland Islands Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Zealand's subantarctic Auckland Islands. It usually keeps…
The Austral Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Australasian Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Zealand and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense…
The Australian Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Australia and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover…
The Aztec Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Azure Gallinule is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Baillon's Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering…
The Band-bellied Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub.…
The Bare-eyed Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Barred Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across the…
The Black Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It usually…
The Black Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Black-backed Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Australia and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense…
The Black-banded Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Black-tailed Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub.…
The Black-tailed Nativehen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Australia and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense…
The Blackish Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Blue-faced Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Guinea and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover…
The Bogota Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the northern Andes. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes,…
The Brown Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub. It…
The Brown Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Brown-cheeked Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub.…
The Buff-banded Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Calayan Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Philippine islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Chestnut Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Chestnut-headed Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins.…
The Clapper Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Colombian Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the northern Andes. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Common Gallinule is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually…
The Corn Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering regions. It…
The Dot-winged Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Dusky Moorhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Australia and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover…
The Ecuadorian Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the northern Andes. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Eurasian Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering regions.…
The Eurasian Moorhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Galapagos Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Galapagos Islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Giant Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Andes and southern South American wetlands. It usually keeps close to…
The Giant Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Gough Moorhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Gough Island in the South Atlantic. It usually keeps close to dense…
The Gray-breasted Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins.…
The Gray-cowled Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins.…
The Gray-headed Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Gray-throated Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Guam Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Mariana Islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes,…
The Hawaiian Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Hawaiian Islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Henderson Island Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of central and eastern Polynesian islands. It usually keeps close…
The Horned Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Andes and southern South American wetlands. It usually keeps close to…
The Inaccessible Island Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Inaccessible Island in the Tristan da Cunha group. It…
The Invisible Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Isabelline Bush-hen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Guinea and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense…
The King Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Lesser Moorhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Lewin's Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Little Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering regions.…
The Little Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Lord Howe Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Lord Howe Island. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Luzon Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Philippine islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Madagascar Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Madagascar. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet…
The Makira Moorhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago. It usually keeps close…
The Mangrove Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of tropical American wetlands, mangroves, and lowlands. It usually keeps…
The New Britain Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago. It usually keeps close…
The New Caledonian Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Caledonia. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The New Guinea Flightless Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Guinea and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to…
The Nkulengu Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It usually…
The Ocellated Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Okinawa Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Paint-billed Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Pale-vented Bush-hen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Guinea and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense…
The Philippine Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Philippine islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover…
The Plain Bush-hen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Plain-flanked Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of tropical American wetlands, mangroves, and lowlands. It usually…
The Plumbeous Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Purple Gallinule is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually…
The Red-and-white Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Red-fronted Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Red-gartered Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Andes and southern South American wetlands. It usually keeps…
The Red-knobbed Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It…
The Red-legged Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub. It…
The Red-necked Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Red-winged Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins.…
The Ridgway's Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Rouget's Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It usually…
The Roviana Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago. It usually keeps close to…
The Ruddy Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Ruddy-breasted Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and…
The Rufous-faced Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Rufous-necked Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river…
The Rufous-sided Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Russet-crowned Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Russet-naped Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river…
The Rusty-flanked Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins.…
The Sakalava Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Madagascar. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet…
The Slate-colored Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Andes and southern South American wetlands. It usually keeps…
The Slaty-breasted Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub.…
The Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river…
The Slaty-legged Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub.…
The Snoring Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It usually…
The Sora is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps close to…
The South Island Takahe is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Zealand and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense…
The Speckled Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Spot-flanked Gallinule is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Spotless Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Spotted Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering regions.…
The Spotted Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across…
The Striped Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Guinea and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover…
The Swinhoe's Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub. It…
The Talaud Bush-hen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Talaud Islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Talaud Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Talaud Islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes,…
The Tasmanian Nativehen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Australia and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense…
The Uniform Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It…
The Virginia Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Water Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering regions. It…
The Watercock is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub. It…
The Weka is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Zealand and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around…
The Western Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering…
The White-breasted Waterhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and…
The White-browed Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The White-throated Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins.…
The White-throated Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The White-winged Coot is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Andes and southern South American wetlands. It usually keeps…
The Woodford's Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago. It usually keeps close…
The Yellow Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps…
The Yellow-breasted Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines…
The Zapata Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Cuba. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet…
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