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Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783)
Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783)
Heliornis fulica, the sungrebe, is a sexually dimorphic waterbird found across N…
Psophia leucoptera Spix, 1825
Psophia leucoptera Spix, 1825
Psophia leucoptera (pale-winged trumpeter) is a chicken-like Amazon rainforest b…
Psophia crepitans Linnaeus, 1758
Psophia crepitans Linnaeus, 1758
Psophia crepitans, the grey-winged trumpeter, is a chicken-like rainforest bird …
Porzana fluminea Gould, 1843
Porzana fluminea Gould, 1843
Porzana fluminea, the Australian crake, is an Australian endemic rail found in d…
Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Porzana carolina (the sora) is a common North American rail with described appea…
Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766)
Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766)
Porzana porzana, the spotted crake, is a small migratory secretive Rallidae wate…
Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769)
Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769)
Amaurornis phoenicurus, the white-breasted waterhen, is a widespread tropical As…
Amaurornis olivacea moluccana (Wallace, 1865)
Amaurornis olivacea moluccana (Wallace, 1865)
Amaurornis olivacea moluccana is a taxon split from Pale-vented bush-hen, found …
Rallus semiplumbeus P.L.Sclater, 1856
Rallus semiplumbeus P.L.Sclater, 1856
The Bogotá rail is an endemic scarce rail species from Colombian Andes, found in…
Rallus limicola Vieillot, 1819
Rallus limicola Vieillot, 1819
Rallus limicola, the Virginia rail, is a small marsh bird with unique physical t…
Rallus caerulescens Gmelin, 1789
Rallus caerulescens Gmelin, 1789
Rallus caerulescens is a rail species native to eastern and southern African wet…
Rallus indicus Blyth, 1849
Rallus indicus Blyth, 1849
This is a full species description of Rallus indicus, the eastern water rail, co…
Rallus obsoletus Ridgway, 1874
Rallus obsoletus Ridgway, 1874
Ridgway's rail is a chicken-sized, rarely flying rail bird native to Pacific coa…
Rallus tenuirostris Ridgway, 1874
Rallus tenuirostris Ridgway, 1874
The Aztec rail (Rallus tenuirostris) is a bird native mostly to central Mexico t…
Rallus crepitans J.F.Gmelin, 1789
Rallus crepitans J.F.Gmelin, 1789
Rallus crepitans (clapper rail) is a chicken-sized rare-flying saltmarsh bird fo…
Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783
Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783
Rallus longirostris, the mangrove rail, is a small coastal bird with multiple su…
Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834
Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834
Rallus elegans is a diurnal North American marsh bird, commonly called the king …
Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Rallus aquaticus (water rail) is a medium-sized marsh bird native to temperate E…
Rallina eurizonoides (Lafresnaye, 1845)
Rallina eurizonoides (Lafresnaye, 1845)
Rallina eurizonoides, the slaty-legged crake, is a 25 cm bird that lives and bre…
Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822)
Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822)
Rallina fasciata is a medium-large crake found across South and Southeast Asia, …
Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson, 1838)
Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson, 1838)
Pardirallus sanguinolentus, the blackish (plumbeous) rail, is a South American r…
Pardirallus nigricans (Vieillot, 1819)
Pardirallus nigricans (Vieillot, 1819)
Pardirallus nigricans, the blackish rail, is a small South American rail species…
Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Pardirallus maculatus, the spotted rail, is a small wetland bird with two recogn…
Laterallus jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Laterallus jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)
The black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) is North America’s smallest rail, a secr…
