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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (152 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - GRUIFORMES   African Crake i    Rallidae    Crecopsis egregia  AF widespread  African Rail i    Rallidae    Rallus caerulescens  AF e, sc, se, s  African Swamphen i    Rallidae    Porphyrio madagascariensis  AF Africa and Madagascar  Allen's Gallinule i    Rallidae    Porphyrio alleni  AF widespread  American Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica americana  NA, MA, SA Alaska and Canada to Costa Rica, also n South America  Andaman Crake i    Rallidae    Rallina canningi  OR Andaman Is.  Andean Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica ardesiaca  SA Colombia to nw Argentina  Ascension Crake (EX)  i    Rallidae    Mundia elpenor  AO Ascension I. (sc Atlantic Ocean)  Ash-throated Crake i    Rallidae    Mustelirallus albicollis  SA n, sc, se  Auckland Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Lewinia muelleri  AU Adams and Disappointment is. (Auckland Is., s of South I., New Zealand)  Austral Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Rallus antarcticus  SA s Chile and s Argentina  Australasian Swamphen i    Rallidae    Porphyrio melanotus  AU, PO widespread  Australian Crake i    Rallidae    Porzana fluminea  AU Australia (except n, sc)  Aztec Rail (NT)  i U    Rallidae    Rallus tenuirostris  MA: c Mexico  Azure Gallinule i    Rallidae    Porphyrio flavirostris  SA n, Amazonia, sc  Baillon's Crake i    Rallidae    Zapornia pusilla  PAL, AF, OR, AU widespread  Band-bellied Crake (NT)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia paykullii  PAL e Siberia, Korea and ne China  Bar-winged Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia poeciloptera †  PO Viti Levu and Ovalau (Lomaiviti group, w Fiji, sw Polynesia)  Bare-eyed Rail i    Rallidae    Gymnocrex plumbeiventris  AU n Moluccas and New Guinea  Barred Rail i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia torquata  AU Philippines, islets off Sabah (Malaysia), Sulawesi and satellites and w New Guinea  Black Crake i    Rallidae    Zapornia flavirostra  AF widespread  Black Rail (EN)  i U    Rallidae    Laterallus jamaicensis  NA, MA, SA USA, Greater Antilles to w SA  Black-backed Swamphen i U    Rallidae    Porphyrio indicus  OR, AU Sumatra, Java, se Borneo, sw Sulawesi and s Philippines  Black-banded Crake i    Rallidae    Laterallus fasciatus  SA w Amazonia  Black-tailed Crake i    Rallidae    Zapornia bicolor  OR ne India to sc China  Black-tailed Nativehen i    Rallidae    Tribonyx ventralis  AU Australia (except n, sc, Tasmania)  Blackish Rail i    Rallidae    Pardirallus nigricans  SA w Amazonia, e, se  Blue-faced Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Gymnocrex rosenbergii  AU Sulawesi, Togian Is. (between ne and ec Sulawesi) and Banggai Is. (e of Sulawesi)  Bogota Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Rallus semiplumbeus  SA Colombia  Brown Crake i    Rallidae    Zapornia akool  OR India to se China  Brown Wood Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Aramides wolfi  SA Colombia to Peru  Brown-banded Rail (DD)  i    Rallidae    Lewinia mirifica  OR montane Luzon (Philippines)  Brown-cheeked Rail i    Rallidae    Rallus indicus  PAL e Siberia to Japan  Buff-banded Rail i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia philippensis  AU, PO widespread, also Philippines  Calayan Rail i    Rallidae    Aptenorallus calayanensis  OR Calayan (far n Philippines)  Chatham Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Cabalus modestus †  AU Chatham Is.  Chestnut Rail i    Rallidae    Eulabeornis castaneoventris  AU Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and coastal n Australia  Chestnut-headed Crake i U    Rallidae    Rufirallus castaneiceps  SA s Colombia to nw Bolivia  Clapper Rail i    Rallidae    Rallus crepitans  NA, MA: e coast of USA to Caribbean and coastal Belize  Colombian Crake (DD)  i    Rallidae    Neocrex colombiana  MA, SA Panama to Ecuador  Common Gallinule i    Rallidae    Gallinula galeata  NA, SA, PO widespread  Common Moorhen i    Rallidae    Gallinula chloropus  PAL, AF, IO, OR, PO widespread  Corn Crake i    Rallidae    Crex crex  PAL Europe to c Siberia and nw China  Dieffenbach's Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii †  AU Chatham Is.  Dot-winged Crake i    Rallidae    Laterallus spiloptera  SA s Uruguay and ne Argentina  Dusky Moorhen i    Rallidae    Gallinula tenebrosa  AU Wallacea, New Guinea, e Australia, Tasmania, New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) and New Caledonia  Ecuadorian Rail i    Rallidae    Rallus aequatorialis  SA sw Colombia to sw Peru  Eurasian Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica atra  PAL, OR, AU widespread  Galapagos Crake (VU)  i U    Rallidae    Laterallus spilonota  SA Galápagos  Giant Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica gigantea  SA Peru to nw Argentina  Giant Wood Rail i    Rallidae    Aramides ypecaha  SA e Paraguay to se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina  Gough Moorhen (VU)  i    Rallidae    Gallinula comeri  AO Gough Is.  Grey-breasted Crake i    Rallidae    Laterallus exilis  MA, SA Guatemala through Amazonia and se SA  Grey-cowled Wood Rail i    Rallidae    Aramides cajaneus  MA, SA Costa Rica to n Argentina  Grey-headed Swamphen i    Rallidae    Porphyrio poliocephalus  PAL, OR Middle East and Indian subcontinent to s China, n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is. and s Myanmar to c and s Indochina to the Malay Pen.  Grey-throated Rail i U    Rallidae    Canirallus oculeus  AF Sierra Leone to Ghana, s Nigeria to Uganda and DR Congo  Guam Rail (CR)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia owstoni  PO Guam (s Mariana Is., extinct in the wild); reintroduced Rota (s Northern Mariana Is., w Micronesia) and Cocos I. (s of Guam)  Hawaiian Coot (VU)  i    Rallidae    Fulica alai  PO Hawaiian Is.  Hawaiian Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia sandwichensis †  PO Hawaii (Hawaiian Is.)  Hawkins's Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi  AU Chatham Is. (e of South I., New Zealand)  Henderson Crake (VU)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia atra  PO Henderson (c Pitcairn group, se Polynesia)  Horned Coot (NT)  i    Rallidae    Fulica cornuta  SA n Chile to nw Argentina  Inaccessible Island Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Laterallus rogersi  AO Inaccessible I.  Invisible Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Habroptila wallacii  AU Halmahera (n Moluccas)  Isabelline Bush-hen i    Rallidae    Amaurornis isabellina  AU Sulawesi  King Rail (NT)  i    Rallidae    Rallus elegans  NA, MA e, c  Kosrae Crake (EX)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia monasa †  PO Kosrae (e Caroline Is., c Micronesia)  Laysan Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia palmeri †  PO Laysan (Northwestern Hawaiian Is.)  Lesser Moorhen i    Rallidae    Paragallinula angulata  AF widespread  Lewin's Rail i    Rallidae    Lewinia pectoralis  AU c Lesser Sundas, New Guinea and e Australia  Little Crake i    Rallidae    Zapornia parva  PAL s and c Europe to nw China  Little Wood Rail i U    Rallidae    Aramides mangle  SA e Brazil  Lord Howe Woodhen (EN)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia sylvestris  AU Lord Howe I. (far e of Australia)  Madagascar Rail (VU)  i U    Rallidae    Rallus madagascariensis  AF e Madagascar  Makira Woodhen i    Rallidae    Gallinula silvestris  AU Makira (se Solomon Is.; perhaps extinct)  Mangrove Rail i    Rallidae    Rallus longirostris  MA, SA: coasts of w MA and n SA s to nw Peru  Mascarene Coot (EX)  i    Rallidae    Fulica newtonii  IO Réunion and Mauritius (w, c Mascarenes)  New Caledonian Rail i    Rallidae    Cabalus lafresnayanus  AU Grande Terre (New Caledonia; perhaps extinct)  New Guinea Flightless Rail i U    Rallidae    Megacrex inepta  AU wc to ec New Guinea  Nkulengu Rail i U    Rallidae    Himantornis haematopus  AF Sierra Leone to Uganda and c DR Congo  North Island Takahe (EX)  i    Rallidae    Porphyrio mantelli  AU North I. (New Zealand)  Ocellated Crake i    Rallidae    Micropygia schomburgkii  SA n, sc, se  Okinawa Rail (EN)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia okinawae  PAL n Okinawa (Ryukyu Is., Japan)  Paint-billed Crake i    Rallidae    Neocrex erythrops  SA widespread  Pale-vented Bush-hen i U    Rallidae    Amaurornis moluccana  AU Sangihe (n of ne Sulawesi), Sula Is. (e of Sulawesi) and Moluccas to New Guinea and satellites, Australia and Solomon Is.  Philippine Swamphen i    Rallidae    Porphyrio pulverulentus  OR Philippines (except most West Visayas and Palawan group)  Pink-legged Rail (NT)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia insignis  AU New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)  Plain Bush-hen i    Rallidae    Amaurornis olivacea  OR Philippines (except Palawan group)  Plain-flanked Rail (EN)  i U    Rallidae    Rallus wetmorei  SA Venezuela  Plumbeous Rail i    Rallidae    Pardirallus sanguinolentus  SA s, w  Purple Gallinule i    Rallidae    Porphyrio martinica  NA, MA, SA se USA to n Argentina  Red Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Aphanapteryx bonasia  IO Mauritius (c Mascarenes)  Red-and-white Crake i    Rallidae    Laterallus leucopyrrhus  SA se  Red-fronted Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica rufifrons  SA Southern Cone  Red-gartered Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica armillata  SA Southern Cone  Red-knobbed Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica cristata  PAL, AF s Spain and Morocco, Ethiopia to Angola, Namibia and South Africa, Madagascar  Red-legged Crake i    Rallidae    Rallina fasciata  OR s Myanmar to Indonesian Arch. and Philippines (except East Visayas and Mindanao)  Red-necked Crake i U    Rallidae    Rallina tricolor  AU Talaud Is. (ne of ne Sulawesi), n, s Moluccas, New Guinea and satellites, Mussau, Lavongai (=New Hanover), New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.) and ne Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)  Red-winged Wood Rail i U    Rallidae    Aramides calopterus  SA w Amazonia  Reunion Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Dryolimnas augusti  IO Réunion (Mascarenes)  Ridgway's Rail (NT)  i    Rallidae    Rallus obsoletus  NA, MA: sw USA to Baja California  Rodrigues Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Erythromachus leguati  IO Rodrigues I.  Rouget's Rail (NT)  i U    Rallidae    Rougetius rougetii  AF montane Eritrea and Ethiopia  Roviana Rail (NT)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia rovianae  AU New Georgia group (wc Solomon Is.)  Ruddy Crake i U    Rallidae    Laterallus ruber  MA e Mexico to Costa Rica  Ruddy-breasted Crake i    Rallidae    Zapornia fusca  OR widespread, also e Asia  Rufous-faced Crake (VU)  i    Rallidae    Laterallus xenopterus  SA sc Brazil and c Paraguay  Rufous-necked Wood Rail i    Rallidae    Aramides axillaris  MA, SA Mexico to Ecuador, Belize and n SA  Rufous-sided Crake i    Rallidae    Laterallus melanophaius  SA widespread  Russet-crowned Crake i    Rallidae    Rufirallus viridis  SA Amazonia  Russet-naped Wood Rail i    Rallidae    Aramides albiventris  MA e Mexico to ne Costa Rica  Rusty-flanked Crake (VU)  i U    Rallidae    Laterallus levraudi  SA Venezuela  Sakalava Rail (EN)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia olivieri  AF patchily wc Madagascar (rare)  Samoan Woodhen (EX)  i    Rallidae    Gallinula pacifica †  PO Savaii (w Samoa, c Polynesia)  Slaty-breasted Rail i    Rallidae    Lewinia striata  OR, AU widespread  Slaty-breasted Wood Rail i    Rallidae    Aramides saracura  SA se Brazil to e Paraguay and ne Argentina  Slaty-legged Crake i    Rallidae    Rallina eurizonoides  OR, AU widespread  Snoring Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Aramidopsis plateni  AU Sulawesi  Sora i    Rallidae    Porzana carolina  NA widespread  South Island Takahe (EN)  i    Rallidae    Porphyrio hochstetteri  AU montane sw South I.; reintroduced to satellites (New Zealand)  Speckled Rail i    Rallidae    Coturnicops notatus  SA Paraguay and s Brazil to ec Argentina  Spot-flanked Gallinule i    Rallidae    Porphyriops melanops  SA e, s  Spotless Crake i    Rallidae    Zapornia tabuensis  OR, AU Luzon and Mindoro (n Philippines), Timor (e Lesser Sundas), Australasian region and Oceania  Spotted Crake i    Rallidae    Porzana porzana  PAL w Europe to c Asia  Spotted Rail i    Rallidae    Pardirallus maculatus  MA, SA widespread, also Caribbean  St. Helena Crake (EX)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia astrictocarpus  AO St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean)  St. Helena Rail i    Rallidae    Aphanocrex podarces  AO St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean)  Striped Crake i    Rallidae    Aenigmatolimnas marginalis  AF Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon to c DR Congo and Gabon  Swinhoe's Rail (VU)  i    Rallidae    Coturnicops exquisitus  PAL e Siberia and ne China  Tahiti Crake (EX)  i    Rallidae    Zapornia nigra †  PO Tahiti (e Society Is., e Polynesia)  Tahiti Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia pacifica †  PO Tahiti and Mehetia (e Society Is., e Polynesia)  Talaud Bush-hen (VU)  i    Rallidae    Amaurornis magnirostris  AU Karakelong (Talaud Is., ne of ne Sulawesi)  Talaud Rail (EN)  i    Rallidae    Gymnocrex talaudensis  AU Karakelong (Talaud Is., ne of ne Sulawesi)  Tasmanian Nativehen i    Rallidae    Tribonyx mortierii  AU Tasmania (se Australia)  Tristan Moorhen (EX)  i    Rallidae    Gallinula nesiotis †  AO Tristan da Cunha  Uniform Crake i    Rallidae    Amaurolimnas concolor  MA, SA widespread  Virginia Rail i    Rallidae    Rallus limicola  NA widespread  Wake Island Rail (EX)  i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia wakensis †  PO Wake (ne Micronesia)  Water Rail i    Rallidae    Rallus aquaticus  PAL w Europe to c Asia  Watercock i U    Rallidae    Gallicrex cinerea  OR Pakistan and Maldives through ne China, Korean Pen., Ryukyu Is. (Japan) through Philippines and Greater Sundas  Weka (VU)  i    Rallidae    Gallirallus australis  AU North, South, Stewart and satellites (New Zealand)  Western Swamphen i U    Rallidae    Porphyrio porphyrio  PAL, AF sw Europe and nw Africa  White Swamphen (EX)  i    Rallidae    Porphyrio albus †  AU Lord Howe I. (Australia)  White-breasted Waterhen i    Rallidae    Amaurornis phoenicurus  OR, AU Pakistan and Maldives through e China, Philippines, Wallacea and Indonesian Arch.  White-browed Crake i    Rallidae    Poliolimnas cinereus  OR, AU ne India, s se Asia, Malay Pen., Indonesian Arch. and Philippines, New Guinea and some satellites, n Australia to wc Polynesia  White-throated Crake i    Rallidae    Laterallus albigularis  MA, SA Nicaragua to Ecuador  White-throated Rail i    Rallidae    Dryolimnas cuvieri  AF, IO Malagasy region: Aldabra group (sw Seychelles), Madagascar and Mauritius (c Mascarenes)  White-winged Coot i    Rallidae    Fulica leucoptera  SA sc, Southern Cone  Woodford's Rail i    Rallidae    Hypotaenidia woodfordi  AU Solomon Is.  Yellow Rail i U    Rallidae    Coturnicops noveboracensis  NA e, c  Yellow-breasted Crake i    Rallidae    Laterallus flaviventer  NA, MA, SA Caribbean and s Mexico to se SA  Zapata Rail (CR)  i    Rallidae    Cyanolimnas cerverai  NA Cuba 60%   80 species of 152 (20 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide