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Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853
Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853
Fulica cornuta, the horned coot, is a large Andean rail species recognizable by …
Fulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861
Fulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861
Fulica rufifrons, the red-fronted coot, is a South American waterbird with unlob…
Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845)
Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845)
The white-throated rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri) is a Rallidae bird found across Com…
Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Purple gallinule is a medium-sized omnivorous rail with wide vagrancy across the…
Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)
Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)
Porphyrio flavirostris, the azure gallinule, is the smallest species in its genu…
Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842
Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842
Porphyrio alleni (Allen's gallinule) is a small rail native to Sub-Saharan Afric…
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
Porphyrio melanotus, the Australasian swamphen, is a distinctive long-legged pur…
Porphyrio hochstetteri (A.B.Meyer, 1883)
Porphyrio hochstetteri (A.B.Meyer, 1883)
Porphyrio hochstetteri (South Island takahē) is the largest living rail species,…
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1802)
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1802)
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus is a subspecies of western swamphen, a chicken…
Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham, 1802)
Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham, 1802)
The western swamphen is a chicken-sized Rallidae purple swamphen species found i…
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) is a chicken-sized Rallidae swamphen nati…
Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, 1789)
Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, 1789)
The watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a sexually dimorphic rail found across sout…
Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)
This is a description of the yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensis, covering it…
Lewinia pectoralis (Temminck, 1831)
Lewinia pectoralis (Temminck, 1831)
Lewin's rail (Lewinia pectoralis) is a Rallidae bird found in Australia, Wallace…
Gallirallus striatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Gallirallus striatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
The slaty-breasted rail is a native Asian rail species recently reclassified to …
Gallinula ventralis Gould, 1837
Gallinula ventralis Gould, 1837
The black-tailed nativehen (Gallinula ventralis) is a common Australian water bi…
Gallinula mortierii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1840)
Gallinula mortierii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1840)
The Tasmanian nativehen is an endemic flightless bird of most of Tasmania, which…
Gallinula melanops (Vieillot, 1819)
Gallinula melanops (Vieillot, 1819)
Gallinula melanops, the spot-flanked gallinule, is a small South American waterb…
Porzana albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Porzana albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
The ash-throated crake Porzana albicollis is a small bird with two geographicall…
Neocrex erythrops (P.L.Sclater, 1867)
Neocrex erythrops (P.L.Sclater, 1867)
Neocrex erythrops, the paint-billed crake, is a small crake with two subspecies …
Porzana fusca (Linnaeus, 1766)
Porzana fusca (Linnaeus, 1766)
The ruddy-breasted crake is a small secretive Rallidae waterbird native to wet a…
Amaurornis akool (Sykes, 1832)
Amaurornis akool (Sykes, 1832)
The brown crake, or brown bush-hen, is a South Asian Rallidae waterbird with an …
Amaurornis flavirostra (Swainson, 1837)
Amaurornis flavirostra (Swainson, 1837)
Amaurornis flavirostra, the black crake, is a common African marsh bird with dis…
Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769)
Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769)
The little crake is a small migratory secretive Rallidae waterbird that breeds i…
