Order
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding subregions |
Nonbreeding subregions |
| - GRUIFORMES |
| African Crake i | Rallidae | Crex 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 : widespread, also Hawaiian Islands and n SA | |
| Andaman Crake i | Rallidae | Rallina canningi | OR : Andaman Islands | |
| Andean Coot i | Rallidae | Fulica ardesiaca | SA : Colombia to nw Argentina | |
| Ascension Crake (EX) i | Rallidae | Mundia elpenor † | AO : Ascension I. | |
| Ash-throated Crake i | Rallidae | Porzana albicollis | SA : n, sc, se | |
| Auckland Rail (VU) i | Rallidae | Lewinia muelleri | AU : Auckland Islands | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Porzana pusilla | EU, AF, OR, AU : widespread | |
| Band-bellied Crake (NT) i | Rallidae | Porzana paykullii | EU : e Siberia, Korea and ne China | e OR |
| Bar-winged Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Nesoclopeus poecilopterus † | PO : Fiji Islands | |
| Bare-eyed Rail i | Rallidae | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | AU : New Guineas, Moluccas | |
| Barred Rail i | Rallidae | Gallirallus torquatus | AU : w New Guinea, Sulawesi, also Philippines | |
| Black Crake i | Rallidae | Amaurornis flavirostra | AF : widespread | |
| Black Rail (NT) i U | Rallidae | Laterallus jamaicensis | NA, MA, SA : USA, Greater Antilles to w SA | |
| Black-backed Swamphen i U | Rallidae | Porphyrio indicus | OR : Sumatra, Java, se Borneo, sw Sulawesi and s Philippines | |
| Black-banded Crake i | Rallidae | Laterallus fasciatus | SA : w Amazonia | |
| Black-tailed Crake i | Rallidae | Porzana bicolor | OR : ne India to sc China | |
| Black-tailed Nativehen i | Rallidae | Tribonyx ventralis | AU : Australia | |
| Blackish Rail i | Rallidae | Pardirallus nigricans | SA : w Amazonia, e, se | |
| Blue-faced Rail (VU) i | Rallidae | Gymnocrex rosenbergii | AU : Sulawesi | |
| Bogota Rail (EN) i | Rallidae | Rallus semiplumbeus | SA : Colombia | |
| Brown Crake i | Rallidae | Amaurornis 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 : Philippines | |
| Brown-cheeked Rail i | Rallidae | Rallus indicus | EU : e Siberia to Japan | Nepal to se Asia, Borneo |
| Buff-banded Rail i | Rallidae | Gallirallus philippensis | AU : widespread, also Philippines | |
| Calayan Rail (VU) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus calayanensis | OR : Philippines | |
| Chatham Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus modestus † | AU : Chatham Is. | |
| Chestnut Forest Rail i | Rallidae | Rallicula rubra | AU : New Guinea | |
| Chestnut Rail i | Rallidae | Eulabeornis castaneoventris | AU : n Australia, Aru Islands | |
| Chestnut-headed Crake i U | Rallidae | Anurolimnas castaneiceps | SA : s Colombia to nw Bolivia | |
| Clapper Rail i | Rallidae | Rallus crepitans | NA, MA: e coast of US 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 | EU, AF, IO, OR, PO : widespread | |
| Corn Crake i | Rallidae | Crex crex | EU : Europe to c Siberia and nw China | s AF |
| Dieffenbach's Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus dieffenbachii † | AU : Chatham Is. | |
| Dot-winged Crake (VU) i | Rallidae | Porzana spiloptera | SA : s Uruguay and ne Argentina | |
| Dusky Moorhen i | Rallidae | Gallinula tenebrosa | AU : widespread | |
| Ecuadorian Rail i | Rallidae | Rallus aequatorialis | SA : sw Colombia to sw Peru | |
| Eurasian Coot i | Rallidae | Fulica atra | EU, OR, AU : widespread | n AF |
| Forbes's Forest Rail i | Rallidae | Rallicula forbesi | AU : New Guinea | |
| Galapagos Crake (VU) i U | Rallidae | Laterallus spilonota | SA : Galápagos Islands | |
| 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, se SA | |
| Grey-headed Swamphen i | Rallidae | Porphyrio poliocephalus | EU, 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-necked Wood Rail i | Rallidae | Aramides cajaneus | MA, SA : Costa Rica to n Argentina | |
| Guam Rail (EW) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus owstoni | AU : Guam | |
| Hawaiian Coot (VU) i | Rallidae | Fulica alai | PO : Hawaiian Islands | |
| Hawaiian Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Porzana sandwichensis † | PO : Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands) | |
| Hawkins's Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi † | AU : Chatham Is. | |
| Henderson Crake (VU) i | Rallidae | Porzana atra | PO : Henderson I. | |
| Horned Coot (NT) i | Rallidae | Fulica cornuta | SA : n Chile to nw Argentina | |
| Inaccessible Island Rail (VU) i | Rallidae | Atlantisia rogersi | AO : Inaccessible Island | |
| Invisible Rail (VU) i | Rallidae | Habroptila wallacii | AU : 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 | Porzana monasa † | PO : Kosrae I. (Micronesia) | |
| Laysan Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Porzana palmeri † | PO : Laysan I. | |
| Lesser Moorhen i | Rallidae | Paragallinula angulata | AF : widespread | |
| Lewin's Rail i | Rallidae | Lewinia pectoralis | AU : Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, e Australia | |
| Little Crake i | Rallidae | Porzana parva | EU : s and c Europe to nw China | c AF |
| Little Wood Rail i U | Rallidae | Aramides mangle | SA : e Brazil | |
| Lord Howe Woodhen (EN) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus sylvestris | AU : Lord Howe Island | |
| Madagascan Rail (VU) i U | Rallidae | Rallus madagascariensis | AF : Madagascar | |
| Makira Woodhen (CR) i | Rallidae | Gallinula silvestris | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| 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 : Mauritius I., La Réunion | |
| Mayr's Forest Rail i | Rallidae | Rallicula mayri | AU : New Guinea | |
| New Caledonian Rail (CR) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus lafresnayanus | AU : New Caledonia | |
| New Guinea Flightless Rail i U | Rallidae | Megacrex inepta | AU : New Guinea | |
| Nkulengu Rail i U | Rallidae | Himantornis haematopus | AF : Sierra Leone to Uganda and c DRCongo | |
| North Island Takahe (EX) i | Rallidae | Porphyrio mantelli † | AU : North Island, New Zealand | |
| Ocellated Crake i | Rallidae | Micropygia schomburgkii | SA : n, sc, se | |
| Okinawa Rail (EN) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus okinawae | EU : Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | |
| Paint-billed Crake i | Rallidae | Neocrex erythrops | SA : widespread | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen i U | Rallidae | Amaurornis moluccana | AU : Lesser Sundas to Australia | |
| Philippine Swamphen i | Rallidae | Porphyrio pulverulentus | OR : Philippines, Talaud Is. | |
| Pink-legged Rail (NT) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus insignis | AU : New Britain | |
| Plain Bush-hen i | Rallidae | Amaurornis olivacea | OR : Philippines | |
| 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 I. | |
| Red-and-white Crake i | Rallidae | Laterallus leucopyrrhus | SA : se | |
| Red-fronted Coot i U | Rallidae | Fulica rufifrons | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Red-gartered Coot i | Rallidae | Fulica armillata | SA : Southern Cone | |
| Red-knobbed Coot i | Rallidae | Fulica cristata | EU, AF : s Spain and Morocco, Ethiopia to Angola, Namibia and South Africa, Madagascar | |
| Red-legged Crake i | Rallidae | Rallina fasciata | OR : s Myanmar to Lesser Sundas, Philippines | |
| Red-necked Crake i U | Rallidae | Rallina tricolor | AU : widespread | |
| Red-winged Wood Rail i | Rallidae | Aramides calopterus | SA : w Amazonia | |
| Reunion Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Dryolimnas augusti † | IO : La Réunion | |
| Ridgway's Rail (NT) i | Rallidae | Rallus obsoletus | NA, MA: sw US to Baja California | |
| Rodrigues Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Erythromachus leguati † | IO : Rodrigues I. | |
| Rouget's Rail (NT) i U | Rallidae | Rougetius rougetii | AF : Ethiopia, Eritrea | |
| Roviana Rail (NT) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus rovianae | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| Ruddy Crake i U | Rallidae | Laterallus ruber | MA : e Mexico to Costa Rica | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake i | Rallidae | Porzana fusca | OR : widespread, also e Asia | |
| Rufous-faced Crake (VU) i | Rallidae | Laterallus xenopterus | SA : sc Brazil, c Paraguay | |
| Rufous-naped Wood Rail i | Rallidae | Aramides albiventris | MA : s Mexico to ne Costa Rica | |
| Rufous-necked Wood Rail i | Rallidae | Aramides axillaris | MA, SA : Mexico to Ecuador, Belize, n SA | |
| Rufous-sided Crake i | Rallidae | Laterallus melanophaius | SA : widespread | |
| Russet-crowned Crake i | Rallidae | Laterallus viridis | SA : Amazonia | |
| Rusty-flanked Crake (VU) i U | Rallidae | Laterallus levraudi | SA : Venezuela | |
| Sakalava Rail (EN) i | Rallidae | Amaurornis olivieri | AF : Madagascar | |
| Samoan Woodhen (EX) i | Rallidae | Gallinula pacifica † | PO : w Samoa | |
| Slaty-breasted Rail i | Rallidae | Gallirallus striatus | OR : 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 : widespread | |
| Snoring Rail (VU) i | Rallidae | Aramidopsis plateni | AU : Sulawesi | |
| Sora i | Rallidae | Porzana carolina | NA : widespread | s USA to n, nw SA |
| South Island Takahe (EN) i | Rallidae | Porphyrio hochstetteri | AU : South Island, 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 | Porzana tabuensis | OR, AU : Philippines, Australasian region and Oceania | |
| Spotted Crake i | Rallidae | Porzana porzana | EU : w Europe to c Asia | AF, w OR |
| Spotted Rail i | Rallidae | Pardirallus maculatus | MA, SA : widespread, also Caribbean | |
| St. Helena Crake (EX) i | Rallidae | Porzana astrictocarpus † | AO : St. Helena I. | |
| St. Helena Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Aphanocrex podarces † | AO : St. Helena I. | |
| Striped Crake i | Rallidae | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | AF : Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon to c DRCongo and Gabon | |
| Swinhoe's Rail (VU) i | Rallidae | Coturnicops exquisitus | EU : e Siberia and ne China | |
| Tahiti Crake (EX) i | Rallidae | Porzana nigra † | PO : Tahiti | |
| Tahiti Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus pacificus † | PO : Tahiti, Mehetia (e Society Islands) | |
| Talaud Bush-hen (VU) i | Rallidae | Amaurornis magnirostris | AU : Karakelong Island | |
| Talaud Rail (EN) i | Rallidae | Gymnocrex talaudensis | AU : Karakelong Island | |
| Tasmanian Nativehen i | Rallidae | Tribonyx mortierii | AU : Tasmania | |
| 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 | Mexico |
| Wake Island Rail (EX) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus wakensis † | PO : Wake I. | |
| Water Rail i | Rallidae | Rallus aquaticus | EU : w Europe to c Asia | n Africa, w s Asia |
| Watercock i U | Rallidae | Gallicrex cinerea | OR : widespread | |
| Weka (VU) i | Rallidae | Gallirallus australis | AU : New Zealand | |
| Western Swamphen i | Rallidae | Porphyrio porphyrio | EU, AF : sw Europe, nw Africa | |
| White Swamphen (EX) i | Rallidae | Porphyrio albus † | AU : Lord Howe I. (Australia) | |
| White-breasted Waterhen i | Rallidae | Amaurornis phoenicurus | OR : widespread | |
| White-browed Crake i | Rallidae | Porzana cinerea | OR, AU : Malay Peninsula and Philippines to n Australia | |
| White-striped Forest Rail (NT) i | Rallidae | Rallicula leucospila | AU : New Guinea | |
| White-throated Crake i | Rallidae | Laterallus albigularis | MA, SA : Nicaragua to Ecuador | |
| White-throated Rail i | Rallidae | Dryolimnas cuvieri | AF, IO : Madagascar, IO islands | |
| White-winged Coot i | Rallidae | Fulica leucoptera | SA : sc, Southern Cone | |
| Woodford's Rail (NT) i | Rallidae | Nesoclopeus woodfordi | AU : Solomon Islands | |
| Yellow Rail i U | Rallidae | Coturnicops noveboracensis | NA : e,c | |
| Yellow-breasted Crake i | Rallidae | Porzana flaviventer | NA, MA, SA : Caribbean and s Mexico to se SA | |
| Zapata Rail (CR) i | Rallidae | Cyanolimnas cerverai | NA : Cuba | |
56% 76 species of 155 (21 extinct).
