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Order: Gruiformes
6 families, 193 species (25 extinct)
Family #028
Flufftails (Sarothruridae)
- Species: 15
- Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
- IOC family #029, HBW family #033, H&M family #032
- wf253 status: 55% members ticked
- OH: 5 seen, 4 photographed, first seen in South Africa, 2014
| Madagascar Forest Rail | Mentocrex kioloides | . |
| Tsingy Forest Rail | Mentocrex beankaensis | |
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | .. |
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | .. |
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | |
| Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | |
| Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | |
| Madagascar Flufftail | Sarothrura insularis | .. |
| White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | |
| Slender-billed Flufftail | Sarothrura watersi | .. |
| Chestnut Forest Rail | Rallicula rubra | |
| White-striped Forest Rail | Rallicula leucospila | |
| Forbes’s Forest Rail | Rallicula forbesi | |
| Mayr’s Forest Rail | Rallicula mayri |
1 Buff-spotted Flufftail, South Africa; 2 Slender-billed Flufftail, Madagascar; 3 White-spotted Flufftail, Ghana; 4 Madagascan Flufftail, Madagascar
Family #029
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
- Species: 156 (25 extinct)
- Distribution: Global
- IOC family #030 (Rails, Crakes & Coots), HBW family #034, H&M family #031 (Rails and Coots)
- wf253 status: 100% members ticked
- OH: 49 seen, 42 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
| Ridgway’s Rail | Rallus obsoletus | |
| Aztec Rail | Rallus tenuirostris | |
| Mangrove Rail | Rallus longirostris | |
| King Rail | Rallus elegans | |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | .. |
| Plain-flanked Rail | Rallus wetmorei | |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | .. |
| Ecuadorian Rail | Rallus aequatorialis | |
| Bogota Rail | Rallus semiplumbeus | |
| Austral Rail | Rallus antarcticus | |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | .. |
| Brown-cheeked Rail | Rallus indicus | |
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Madagascar Rail | Rallus madagascariensis | |
| White-throated Rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri | .. |
| Reunion Rail | Dryolimnas augusti | exinct |
| Red Rail | Aphanapteryx bonasia | exinct |
| Rodrigues Rail | Erythromachus leguati | exinct |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | .. |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | .. |
| Rouget’s Rail | Rougetius rougetii | |
| St. Helena Rail | Aphanocrex podarces | exinct |
| Ascension Crake | Mundia elpenor | exinct |
| Snoring Rail | Aramidopsis plateni | |
| Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | . |
| Luzon Rail | Lewinia mirifica | |
| Lewin’s Rail | Lewinia pectoralis | |
| Auckland Islands Rail | Lewinia muelleri | |
| Blue-faced Rail | Gymnocrex rosenbergii | |
| Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
| Talaud Rail | Gymnocrex talaudensis | |
| Hawkins’s Rail | Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi | exinct |
| Calayan Rail | Gallirallus calayanensis | |
| Invisible Rail | Gallirallus wallacii | |
| Chestnut Rail | Gallirallus castaneoventris | |
| Weka | Gallirallus australis | .. |
| New Caledonian Rail | Gallirallus lafresnayanus | |
| Lord Howe Rail | Gallirallus sylvestris | |
| Okinawa Rail | Gallirallus okinawae | |
| Tahiti Rail | Gallirallus pacificus | exinct |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | .. |
| Chatham Islands Rail | Gallirallus modestus | exinct |
| Dieffenbach’s Rail | Gallirallus dieffenbachii | exinct |
| New Britain Rail | Gallirallus insignis | |
| Woodford’s Rail | Gallirallus woodfordi | |
| Bar-winged Rail | Gallirallus poecilopterus | exinct |
| Guam Rail | Gallirallus owstoni | |
| Wake Island Rail | Gallirallus wakensis | exinct |
| Barred Rail | Gallirallus torquatus | . |
| Roviana Rail | Gallirallus rovianae | |
| Gray-throated Rail | Canirallus oculeus | |
| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| Blackish Rail | Pardirallus nigricans | .. |
| Plumbeous Rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | .. |
| Ash-throated Crake | Mustelirallus albicollis | . |
| Zapata Rail | Mustelirallus cerverai | |
| Colombian Crake | Mustelirallus colombianus | |
| Paint-billed Crake | Mustelirallus erythrops | |
| Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor | |
| Giant Wood-Rail | Aramides ypecaha | .. |
| Brown Wood-Rail | Aramides wolfi | |
| Little Wood-Rail | Aramides mangle | |
| Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | |
| Russet-naped Wood-Rail | Aramides albiventris | |
| Gray-cowled Wood-Rail | Aramides cajaneus | .. |
| Red-winged Wood-Rail | Aramides calopterus | |
| Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail | Aramides saracura | .. |
| Black-tailed Nativehen | Tribonyx ventralis | .. |
| Hodgen’s Waterhen | Tribonyx hodgenorum | exinct |
| Tasmanian Nativehen | Tribonyx mortierii | |
| Spot-flanked Gallinule | Porphyriops melanops | .. |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | .. |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | .. |
| Australian Crake | Porzana fluminea | . |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
| Makira Moorhen | Gallinula silvestris | |
| Tristan Moorhen | Gallinula nesiotis | exinct |
| Gough Moorhen | Gallinula comeri | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | .. |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | .. |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | .. |
| Samoan Moorhen | Gallinula pacifica | exinct |
| Red-fronted Coot | Fulica rufifrons | .. |
| Horned Coot | Fulica cornuta | |
| Giant Coot | Fulica gigantea | |
| Red-gartered Coot | Fulica armillata | .. |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | .. |
| Mascarene Coot | Fulica newtonii | exinct |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | .. |
| Hawaiian Coot | Fulica alai | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | .. |
| Slate-colored Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | .. |
| White-winged Coot | Fulica leucoptera | .. |
| Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | .. |
| Azure Gallinule | Porphyrio flavirostris | |
| Marquesan Swamphen | Porphyrio paepae | exinct |
| New Caledonian Gallinule | Porphyrio kukwiedei | exinct |
| Reunion Gallinule | Porphyrio caerulescens | exinct |
| Western Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | .. |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | . |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | .. |
| South Island Takahe | Porphyrio hochstetteri | .. |
| North Island Takahe | Porphyrio mantelli | exinct |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | .. |
| Philippine Swamphen | Porphyrio pulverulentus | |
| Lord Howe Swamphen | Porphyrio albus | exinct |
| Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | .. |
| Nkulengu Rail | Himantornis haematopus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | .. |
| New Guinea Flightless Rail | Megacrex inepta | .. |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| Isabelline Bush-hen | Amaurornis isabellina | |
| Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | .. |
| Talaud Bush-hen | Amaurornis magnirostris | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | . |
| Striped Crake | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | |
| Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | .. |
| Andaman Crake | Rallina canningi | |
| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| Band-bellied Crake | Zapornia paykullii | |
| Brown Crake | Zapornia akool | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | .. |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | .. |
| Baillon’s Crake | Zapornia pusilla | . |
| St. Helena Crake | Zapornia astrictocarpus | exinct |
| Laysan Rail | Zapornia palmeri | exinct |
| Sakalava Rail | Zapornia olivieri | |
| Black-tailed Crake | Zapornia bicolor | .. |
| Hawaiian Rail | Zapornia sandwichensis | exinct |
| Miller’s Rail | Zapornia nigra | exinct |
| Henderson Island Crake | Zapornia atra | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | .. |
| Kosrae Crake | Zapornia monasa | exinct |
| Ocellated Crake | Rufirallus schomburgkii | |
| Russet-crowned Crake | Rufirallus viridis | |
| Black-banded Crake | Rufirallus fasciatus | |
| Red-and-white Crake | Rufirallus leucopyrrhus | .. |
| Rufous-faced Crake | Rufirallus xenopterus | |
| Chestnut-headed Crake | Anurolimnas castaneiceps | |
| Swinhoe’s Rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | |
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | |
| Inaccessible Island Rail | Laterallus rogersi | |
| Speckled Rail | Laterallus notatus | |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Laterallus flaviventer | |
| Rusty-flanked Crake | Laterallus levraudi | |
| Rufous-sided Crake | Laterallus melanophaius | .. |
| Ruddy Crake | Laterallus ruber | |
| White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis | . |
| Gray-breasted Crake | Laterallus exilis | |
| Galapagos Rail | Laterallus spilonota | |
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | |
| Dot-winged Crake | Laterallus spilopterus |
Corn Crake, Israel 2017
Weka, New Zealand 2014
Clapper Rail, Puerto Rico, 2022
1 Weka, New Zealand; 2 Buff-banded Rail, Australia; 3 Virginia Rail, USA; 4 Water Rail, Israel; 5 Rufous-sided Crake, Brazil; 6 African Crake, Uganda; 7 Black-tailed Crake, Thailand; 8 Takahe, New Zealand; 9 African Swamphen, Israel; 10 Gray-headed Swamphen, India; 11 Australasian Swamphen, Australia; 12 Western Swamphen, Spain; 13 Spotted Crake, Israel; 14 Red-necked Crake, Australia; 15 Corn Crake, Israel; 16 Little Crake, Israel; 17 White-breasted Waterhen, Thailand; 18 Common Gallinule, Brazil; 19 Eurasian Moorhen, Israel; 20 Dusky Moorhen, Australia; 21 Red-gartered Coot, Argentina; 22 Eurasian Coot, Israel; 23 Slate-colored Coot, Peru; 24 Red-knobbed Coot, Spain; 25 American Coot, USA; 26 Red-fronted Coot, Argentina; 27 White-winged Coot, Argentina; 28 Plumbeous Rail, Argentina; 29 Giant Wood-Rail, Argentina; 30 Spot-flanked Gallinule, Argentina; 31 White-throated Rail, Madagascar; 32 Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail, Brazil; 33 Red-and-white Crake, Brazil; 34 Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Argentina; 35 Black Crake, South Africa; 36 Black-tailed Native-hen, Australia; 37 Blackish Rail, Brazil; 38 Purple Gallinule, Dominican Republic; 39 Spotless Crake, Australia
Family #030
Finfoots (Heliornithidae)
- Species: 3
- Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Neotropic
- IOC family #028, HBW family #032, H&M family #033
- wf253 status: 67% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in South Africa, 2014
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | .. |
| Masked Finfoot | Heliopais personatus | |
| Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica |
African Finfoot, South Africa
Family #031
Limpkin (Aramidae)
- Species: 1
- Distribution: Neotropic, Nearctic
- IOC family #033, HBW family #036, H&M family #035
- wf253 status: 83% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Brazil, 2009
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | .. |
Limpkin, Brazil 2015
Family #032
Trumpeters (Psophiidae)
- Species: 3
- Distribution: Neotropical endemic
- IOC family #031, HBW family #035, H&M family #034
- wf253 status: 45% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Ecuador, 2019
- Finding Hints
| Gray-winged Trumpeter | Psophia crepitans | .. |
| Pale-winged Trumpeter | Psophia leucoptera | |
| Dark-winged Trumpeter | Psophia viridis |
Gray-winged Trumpeter, Ecuador 2019
Family #033
Cranes (Gruidae)
- Species: 15
- Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Nearctic , Palearctic
- IOC family #032, HBW family #037, H&M family #036
- wf253 status: 98% members ticked
- OH: 8 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | .. |
| Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | |
| Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | .. |
| Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | .. |
| Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | |
| Siberian Crane | Leucogeranus leucogeranus | |
| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | .. |
| Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | .. |
| Brolga | Antigone rubicunda | .. |
| White-naped Crane | Antigone vipio | |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | .. |
| Hooded Crane | Grus monacha | |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | .. |
| Black-necked Crane | Grus nigricollis | |
| Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis |
1 Demoiselle Crane, Israel; 2 Gray Crowned-Crane, Tanzania; 3 Sarus Crane, India; 4 Common Crane, Israel; 5 Blue Crane, South Africa; 6 Brolga, Australia; 7 Sandhill Crane, USA; 8 Whooping Crane, USA