| Ostriches | | Rheas | | Kiwis | | Cassowaries | | Tinamous | | Waterfowl | | Landfowl | | Nightjars | | Oilbird | | Frogmouths | | Owlet-nightjars | | Treeswifts, Swifts, Hummingbirds | | Turacos | | Bustards | | Cuckoos | | Mesites | | Sandgrouse | | Doves, Pigeons | | Cranes, Rails & relatives | | | Flufftails | | | Rails | | | Trumpeters | | | Cranes | | | Limpkin | | Grebes | | Flamingos | | Shorebirds | | Sunbittern, Kagu | | Tropicbirds | | Loons | | Penguins | | Tubenoses | | Storks | | Gannets, Cormorants & relatives | | Pelicans, Ibises, Herons & relatives | | Hoatzin | | Birds of Prey | | Owls | | Mousebirds | | Cuckoo roller | | Trogons | | Hornbills, Hoopoes, Wood hoopoes | | Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & relatives | | Woodpeckers and Relatives | | Seriemas | | Falcons, Caracaras | | Parrots | | Perching birds (Songbirds) |
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| African common moorhen AF | | African crake | African rail
(African Water Rail) | African swamphen
(African purple swamphen)
(Green-backed swamphen) EU | Allen's gallinule
(Lesser gallinule) EU ,AS,NA | American coot
(incl. Caribbean coot) SA,NA | | Andaman crake | | Andean coot SA | Ash-throated crake
(White-necked crake) | Assumption rail
(Abbott`s rail) | | Auckland rail | Australasian swamphen
(Black-backed swamphen) AU | | Australian coot | | Australian Crake | | Azure gallinule | Baillon's crake
(Lesser spotted crake) | | Band-bellied crake | | Bar-winged rail | | Black crake EU ,NA | Black-backed swamphen
(Sunda swamphen) AS | | Black-tailed native-hen | Buff weka
(Eastern weka) AU | Buff-banded rail
(No Subspecific status) AU,NA | | Celebes barred rail | Chestnut rail
(Chestnut-bellied rail) AU | | Clapper rail NA | Common Gallinule
(American moorhen)
(Laughing moorhen) SA,NA | Common moorhen
(Eurasian moorhen)
(Nominate subspecies) EU ,nEU,AS,AF,SA | | Corncrake EU ,nEU,AS | | Dusky moorhen AU,AS | | Eurasian coot EU ,nEU,AS | | Fijian banded-rail | | Giant coot SA | | Giant wood-rail EU ,nEU,NA,SA | Gough moorhen
(Gough Island coot) | | Grey-headed swamphen EU ,nEU,NA,AS | | Grey-necked wood rail NA,SA | Grey-necked wood-rail
(Cayenne wood-rail)
(No species or subspecies status) | | Guam rail NA | | Horned coot | Indo-Pacific common moorhen
(Seychelles moorhen) AS | Indochinese swamphen
(Malaysian swamphen) AS | | Lemin`s rail | | Lesser moorhen | | Light-footed rail | | Little crake | | Little wood-rail | Lord Howe woodhen
(Lord Howe rail) | | Madagascar moorhen | New Caledonian rail
(New Caledonian wood-rail) | | New Zealand buff-banded rail AU | | Nkulengu rail | | North Island weka AU | | Paint-billed crake | | Philippine barred rail | | Philippine swamphen AS | | Plain bush-hen | | Plumbeous rail | Purple gallinule
(American purple gallinule)
(Yellow-legged gallinule) SA,NA | Purple swamphen
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,AS | | Red-and-white crake nEU,EU | | Red-fronted coot | | Red-gartered coot SA | Red-knobbed coot
(Crested coot) EU | | Red-legged crake | | Red-necked crake | | Ruddy-breasted crake | Rufous-naped wood rail
(Russet-naped wood rail)
(White-bellied wood-rail) | Rufous-necked wood-rail
(Rufous-crowned wood-rail) NA,SA | | Rufous-sided crake | Russet-crowned crake
(Cayenne crake) | | Salawati barred rail | | Samoan buff-banded rail | | Samoan swamphen | | Seistan purple swamphen nEU | | Slaty-breasted rail | Slaty-breasted wood-rail
(Saracura wood-rail) SA | | Slaty-legged crake | Sora
(Carolina crake)
(Sora rail) NA | | South Island takahe AU | South Island weka
(Western weka) | | Southwestern Australian swamphen | Speckled rail
(Darwin`s rail)
(Speckled crake) | Spot-flanked gallinule
(Little waterhen) SA | | Spotted crake EU | | Spotted rail | | Stewart Island weka AU | | Tasmanian native-hen EU | | Tristan moorhen | | Virginia rail | | Watercock AS | Weka
(Woodhen)
(no subspecific status) | | West Mediterranean Purple Swamphen EU ,nEU | Western water rail
(Water rail) EU ,AS | | White-breasted waterhen AS | | White-browed crake | | White-throated crake | White-throated rail
(Cuvier`s rail)
(Nominate subspecies) | | White-winged coot | | Yellow rail | |
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Dusky moorhen
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Gallinula tenebrosa
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Photo by: J. Pfleiderer (zeigt Jungvogel der Nominatform) | | | Additional images here: www.biolib.cz |
| | Number of Subspecies: | 03 | | Information Source for Taxonomy: | del Hoyo & Collar (2014) Illustrated Checklist of the Birds ot the World, Vol. 1, Non-passerines
| | Body length: | 35 - 40 cm | | Wingspan: | 55 - 65 cm | | Weight: | 290 - 720 g | | IUCN status: | LC (Least Concern)
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