Rails, Limpkin, and Cranes

About Rails, Limpkin, and Cranes

A group dedicated to the elusive birds of the order Gruiformes, which includes the families Aramidae (Limpkin), Gruidae (Cranes), and Rallidae (Rails, Coots, Moorhens, Gallinules, Sora, etc.).

Genus Search:
Genus Rallus
Genus Gallinula
Genus Atlantisia
Genus Cyanolimnas
Genus Crex
Genus Dryolimnas
Genus Fulica
Genus Coturnicops
Genus Habroptila
Genus Porzana
Genus Porphyrio
Genus Gallicrex
Genus Gymnocrex
Genus Neocrex
Genus Megacrex
Genus Canirallus
Genus Pardirallus
Genus Amaurornis
Genus Himantornis
Genus Aramides
Genus Aramidopsis
Genus Eulabeornis
Genus Gallirallus
Genus Nesoclopeus
Genus Lewinia
Genus Anurolimnas
Genus Laterallus
Genus Sarothrura
Genus Rallina
Genus Jacana
Genus Actophilornis
Genus Aramus
Genus Balearica
Genus Anthropoides
Genus Bugeranus
Genus Grus

Species Search:
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata)
Samoan Moorhen (Gallinula pacifica)
San Cristobal Moorhen (Gallinula silvestris)
Tristan Moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis)

Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi)

Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai)

Corn Crake (Crex crex)

White-Throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)

American Coot (Fulica americana)
Common Coot (Fulica atra)
Red-Knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
White-Winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
Red-Fronted Coot (Fulica rufifrons)
Red-Gartered Coot (Fulica armillata)
Slate-Colored Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)
Horned Coot (Fulica cornuta)
Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea)
Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea)
Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai)

Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
Speckled Rail (Coturnicops notatus)

Invisible Rail (Habroptila wallacii)

Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
Ash-Throated Crake (Porzana albicollis)
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
White-Browed Crake (Porzana cinerea)
Little Crake (Porzana parva)
Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea)
Ruddy-Breasted Crake (Porzana fusca)
Henderson Island Crake (Porzana atra)
Yellow-Breasted Crake (Porzana flaviventer)
Dot-Winged Crake (Porzana spiloptera)
Hawaiian Crake (Porzana sandwichensis)
Band-Bellied Crake (Porzana paykullii)
Laysan Crake (Porzana palmeri)
Kosrae Crake (Porzana monasa)

Takahe (Porphyrio mantelli)
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Lord Howe Island Swamphen (Porphyrio albus)
Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)
Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)

Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

Bald-Faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii)
Talaud Rail (Gymnocrex talaudensis)
Bare-Eyed Rail (Gymnocrex plumbeiventris)

Paint-Billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops)
Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombiana)

New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta)

Kioloides Rail (Canirallus kioloides)
Grey-Throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus)

Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans)
Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus)
Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus)

Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii)

Sakalava Rail (Amaurornis olivieri)
Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostra)
White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Bush-Hen (Amaurornis olivacea)
Talaud Bush-Hen (Amaurornis magnirostris)
Brown Crake (Amaurornis akool)
Black-Tailed Crake (Amaurornis bicolor)
Isabelline Waterhen (Amaurornis isabellina)
Rufous-Tailed Waterhen (Amaurornis moluccana)

Nkulengu Rail (Himantornis haematopus)

Grey-Necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea)
Giant Wood-Rail (Aramides ypecaha)
Slaty-Breasted Wood-Rail (Aramides saracura)

Snoring Rail (Aramidopsis plateni)

Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris)

Weka (Gallirallus australis)
Wake Island Rail (Gallirallus wakensis)
Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis)
Buff-Banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
Tahiti Rail (Gallirallus pacifica)

Bar-Winged Rail (Nesoclopeus poecilopterus)
Woodford's Rail (Nesoclopeus woodfordi)

Auckland Islands Rail (Lewinia muelleri)
Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis)
Brown-Banded Rail (Lewinia mirificus)

Black-Banded Crake (Anurolimnas fasciatus)
Chestnut-Headed Crake (Anurolimnas castaneiceps)
Russet-Crowned Crake (Anurolimnas viridis)

Junin Rail (Laterallus tuerosi)
Rufous-Sided Crake (Laterallus melanophaius)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
White-Throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis)

Buff-Spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans)

Andaman Crake (Rallina canningi)

Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)

African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

Grey Crowned-Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Black Crowned-Crane (Balearica pavonina)

Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea) (Grus paradisea)

Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)

Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus)
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)
Brolga (Grus rubicunda)
White-Naped Crane (Grus vipio)
Common Crane (Grus grus)
Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
Black-Necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)
Red-Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)