List of rail species

The avian family Rallidae comprise the rails, crakes, and coots. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 156 species distributed among 41 genera, 20 of which have only one species. Twenty-one of the species in the list have gone extinct since A.D. 1500; they are marked (E).

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

List

Common name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
Nkulengu rail	Himantornis haematopus	1
Grey-throated rail	Canirallus oculeus	2
Swinhoe's rail	Coturnicops exquisitus	3
Yellow rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis	4
Speckled rail	Coturnicops notatus	5
Ocellated crake	Micropygia schomburgkii	6
Chestnut forest rail	Rallicula rubra	7
White-striped forest rail	Rallicula leucospila	8
Forbes's forest rail	Rallicula forbesi	9
Mayr's forest rail	Rallicula mayri	10
Red-necked crake	Rallina tricolor	11
Andaman crake	Rallina canningi	12
Red-legged crake	Rallina fasciata	13
Slaty-legged crake	Rallina eurizonoides	14
Chestnut-headed crake	Anurolimnas castaneiceps	15
Russet-crowned crake	Laterallus viridis	16
Black-banded crake	Laterallus fasciatus	17
Rufous-sided crake	Laterallus melanophaius	18
Rusty-flanked crake	Laterallus levraudi	19
Ruddy crake	Laterallus ruber	20
White-throated crake	Laterallus albigularis	21
Grey-breasted crake	Laterallus exilis	22
Black rail	Laterallus jamaicensis	23
Galapagos crake	Laterallus spilonota	24
Red-and-white crake	Laterallus leucopyrrhus	25
Rufous-faced crake	Laterallus xenopterus	26
Bar-winged rail (E)	Nesoclopeus poecilopterus	27
Woodford's rail	Nesoclopeus woodfordi	28
Weka	Gallirallus australis	29
Calayan rail	Gallirallus calayanensis	30
New Caledonian rail	Gallirallus lafresnayanus	31
Lord Howe woodhen	Gallirallus sylvestris	32
Okinawa rail	Gallirallus okinawae	33
Barred rail	Gallirallus torquatus	34
Pink-legged rail	Gallirallus insignis	35
Tahiti rail (E)	Gallirallus pacificus	36
Buff-banded rail	Gallirallus philippensis	37
Guam rail	Gallirallus owstoni	38
Wake Island rail (E)	Gallirallus wakensis	39
Roviana rail	Gallirallus rovianae	40
Dieffenbach's rail (E)	Gallirallus dieffenbachii	41
Chatham rail (E)	Gallirallus modestus	42
Slaty-breasted rail	Gallirallus striatus	43
Hawkins's rail (E)	Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi	44
Mangrove rail	Rallus longirostris	45
Clapper rail	Rallus crepitans	46
Ridgway's rail	Rallus obsoletus	47
King rail	Rallus elegans	48
Aztec rail	Rallus tenuirostris	49
Plain-flanked rail	Rallus wetmorei	50
Virginia rail	Rallus limicola	51
Ecuadorian rail	Rallus aequatorialis	52
Bogota rail	Rallus semiplumbeus	53
Austral rail	Rallus antarcticus	54
Water rail	Rallus aquaticus	55
Brown-cheeked rail	Rallus indicus	56
African rail	Rallus caerulescens	57
Madagascan rail	Rallus madagascariensis	58
Brown-banded rail	Lewinia mirifica	59
Lewin's rail	Lewinia pectoralis	60
Auckland rail	Lewinia muelleri	61
White-throated rail	Dryolimnas cuvieri	62
Reunion rail (E)	Dryolimnas augusti	63
Red rail (E)	Aphanapteryx bonasia	64
Rodrigues rail (E)	Erythromachus leguati	65
African crake	Crex egregia	66
Corn crake	Crex crex	67
Rouget's rail	Rougetius rougetii	68
Snoring rail	Aramidopsis plateni	69
Ascension crake (E)	Mundia elpenor	70
St. Helena rail (E)	Aphanocrex podarces	71
Inaccessible Island rail	Atlantisia rogersi	72
Little wood rail	Aramides mangle	73
Rufous-necked wood rail	Aramides axillaris	74
Grey-necked wood rail	Aramides cajaneus	75
Rufous-naped wood rail	Aramides albiventris	76
Brown wood rail	Aramides wolfi	77
Giant wood rail	Aramides ypecaha	78
Slaty-breasted wood rail	Aramides saracura	79
Red-winged wood rail	Aramides calopterus	80
Uniform crake	Amaurolimnas concolor	81
Blue-faced rail	Gymnocrex rosenbergii	82
Talaud rail	Gymnocrex talaudensis	83
Bare-eyed rail	Gymnocrex plumbeiventris	84
Brown crake	Amaurornis akool	85
Isabelline bush-hen	Amaurornis isabellina	86
Plain bush-hen	Amaurornis olivacea	87
Pale-vented bush-hen	Amaurornis moluccana	88
Talaud bush-hen	Amaurornis magnirostris	89
White-breasted waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	90
Black crake	Amaurornis flavirostra	91
Sakalava rail	Amaurornis olivieri	92
St. Helena crake (E)	Porzana astrictocarpus	93
Black-tailed crake	Porzana bicolor	94
Little crake	Porzana parva	95
Baillon's crake	Porzana pusilla	96
Spotted crake	Porzana porzana	97
Australian crake	Porzana fluminea	98
Sora	Porzana carolina	99
Dot-winged crake	Porzana spiloptera	100
Ash-throated crake	Porzana albicollis	101
Ruddy-breasted crake	Porzana fusca	102
Band-bellied crake	Porzana paykullii	103
Spotless crake	Porzana tabuensis	104
Tahiti crake (E)	Porzana nigra	105
Kosrae crake (E)	Porzana monasa	106
Henderson crake	Porzana atra	107
Hawaiian rail (E)	Porzana sandwichensis	108
Laysan rail (E)	Porzana palmeri	109
Yellow-breasted crake	Porzana flaviventer	110
White-browed crake	Porzana cinerea	111
Striped crake	Aenigmatolimnas marginalis	112
Zapata rail	Cyanolimnas cerverai	113
Colombian crake	Neocrex colombiana	114
Paint-billed crake	Neocrex erythrops	115
Spotted rail	Pardirallus maculatus	116
Blackish rail	Pardirallus nigricans	117
Plumbeous rail	Pardirallus sanguinolentus	118
Chestnut rail	Eulabeornis castaneoventris	119
Invisible rail	Habroptila wallacii	120
New Guinea flightless rail	Megacrex inepta	121
Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	122
Western swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	123
African swamphen	Porphyrio madagascariensis	124
Grey-headed swamphen	Porphyrio poliocephalus	125
Black-backed swamphen	Porphyrio indicus	126
Philippine swamphen	Porphyrio pulverulentus	127
Australasian swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	128
White swamphen (E)	Porphyrio albus	129
North Island takahe (E)	Porphyrio mantelli	130
South Island takahe	Porphyrio hochstetteri	131
Allen's gallinule	Porphyrio alleni	132
Purple gallinule	Porphyrio martinica	133
Azure gallinule	Porphyrio flavirostris	134
Samoan woodhen (E)	Gallinula pacifica	135
Makira woodhen	Gallinula silvestris	136
Tristan moorhen (E)	Gallinula nesiotis	137
Gough moorhen	Gallinula comeri	138
Common moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	139
Common gallinule	Gallinula galeata	140
Dusky moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa	141
Lesser moorhen	Paragallinula angulata	142
Spot-flanked gallinule	Porphyriops melanops	143
Black-tailed nativehen	Tribonyx ventralis	144
Tasmanian nativehen	Tribonyx mortierii	145
Red-knobbed coot	Fulica cristata	146
Mascarene coot (E)	Fulica newtonii	147
Eurasian coot	Fulica atra	148
Hawaiian coot	Fulica alai	149
American coot	Fulica americana	150
White-winged coot	Fulica leucoptera	151
Andean coot	Fulica ardesiaca	152
Red-gartered coot	Fulica armillata	153
Red-fronted coot	Fulica rufifrons	154
Giant coot	Fulica gigantea	155
Horned coot	Fulica cornuta	156