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Rallidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176205

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Crakes [English]
  
    Coots [English]
  
    Rails [English]
  
    foulques [French]
  
    gallinules [French]
  
    râles [French]
  
    Waterhens [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGruiformes  – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles  
                            FamilyRallidae  – Crakes, Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens  
    Direct Children:  
                               Genus Aenigmatolimnas J. L. Peters, 1932  
                               Genus Amaurolimnas Sharpe, 1893  
                               Genus Amaurornis Reichenbach, 1853 – Bush-hens, Waterhens 
                               Genus Anurolimnas Sharpe, 1893  
                               Genus Aphanapteryx Frauenfeld, 1868  
                               Genus Aphanocrex Wetmore, 1963  
                               Genus Aptenorallus Kirchman, McInerney, Giarla, Olson, Slikas & Fleischer, 2021  
                               Genus Aramides Pucheran, 1845 – Wood Rails, Wood-rails 
                               Genus Aramidopsis Sharpe, 1893  
                               Genus Cabalus F. W. Hutton, 1874  
                               Genus Canirallus Bonaparte, 1856  
                               Genus Coturnicops G. R. Gray, 1855 – Yellow Rails 
                               Genus Crecopsis Sharpe, 1893  
                               Genus Crex Bechstein, 1803 – Corn Crakes 
                               Genus Diaphorapteryx H. O. Forbes, 1892  
                               Genus Dryolimnas Sharpe, 1893  
                               Genus Erythromachus Milne-Edwards, 1873  
                               Genus Eulabeornis Gould, 1844  
                               Genus Fulica Linnaeus, 1758 – Coots 
                               Genus Gallicrex Blyth, 1852  
                               Genus Gallinula Brisson, 1760 – Moorhens 
                               Genus Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841  
                               Genus Gymnocrex Salvadori, 1875  
                               Genus Habroptila G. R. Gray, 1861  
                               Genus Himantornis Hartlaub, 1855  
                               Genus Hypotaenidia Reichenbach, 1853  
                               Genus Laterallus G. R. Gray, 1855 – Black Rails 
                               Genus Lewinia G. R. Gray, 1855  
                               Genus Megacrex D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879  
                               Genus Mundia Bourne, Ashmole & Simmons, 2003  
                               Genus Mustelirallus Bonaparte, 1856  
                               Genus Paragallinula Sangster, Garcia-R. & Trewick, 2015  
                               Genus Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856 – Spotted Rails 
                               Genus Poliolimnas Sharpe, 1893 – White-browed Rails 
                               Genus Porphyrio Brisson, 1760 – Gallinules, Swamphens 
                               Genus Porphyriops Pucheran, 1845  
                               Genus Porzana Vieillot, 1816 – Soras 
                               Genus Rallina G. R. Gray, 1846 – Red-legged Crakes 
                               Genus Rallus Linnaeus, 1758 – Greater Rails 
                               Genus Rougetius Bonaparte, 1856  
                               Genus Rufirallus Bonaparte, 1856  
                               Genus Tribonyx Du Bus de Gisignies, 1840 – Native-hens, Nativehens 
                               Genus Zapornia Leach, 1816  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Rallidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Rallidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: foulques[French], gallinules [French], râles [French]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Rallidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rallidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.07.04, website (version 04-Jul-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Rallidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rallidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rallidae, Coots [English]   
       

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