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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 its three distinctive head wattles.
Fulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861
Fulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861
Fulica rufifrons, the red-fronted coot, is a South American waterbird with unlobed feet and distinct plumage markings.
Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845)
Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845)
The white-throated rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri) is a Rallidae bird found across Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles.
Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Porphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)
Purple gallinule is a medium-sized omnivorous rail with wide vagrancy across the Americas and beyond.
Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)
Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)
Porphyrio flavirostris, the azure gallinule, is the smallest species in its genus, found across much of northern and central South America.
Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842
Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842
Porphyrio alleni (Allen's gallinule) is a small rail native to Sub-Saharan African wetlands, recorded as a vagrant in Europe.
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
Porphyrio melanotus, the Australasian swamphen, is a distinctive long-legged purple-throated waterbird found across wetland habitats of Australasia and nearby regions.
Porphyrio hochstetteri (A.B.Meyer, 1883)
Porphyrio hochstetteri (A.B.Meyer, 1883)
Porphyrio hochstetteri (South Island takahē) is the largest living rail species, a flightless New Zealand bird once thought extinct.
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1802)
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1802)
Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus is a subspecies of western swamphen, a chicken-sized rail found in wetlands of southern Europe and northwestern Africa.
Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham, 1802)
Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis (Latham, 1802)
The western swamphen is a chicken-sized Rallidae purple swamphen species found in wetlands of southern Europe and northwestern Africa.
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) is a chicken-sized Rallidae swamphen native to western Eurasia and northwestern Africa.
Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, 1789)
Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, 1789)
The watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a sexually dimorphic rail found across south Asian swamps.
Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)
This is a description of the yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensis, covering its appearance, distribution, habitat, and feeding habits.
Lewinia pectoralis (Temminck, 1831)
Lewinia pectoralis (Temminck, 1831)
Lewin's rail (Lewinia pectoralis) is a Rallidae bird found in Australia, Wallacea, and New Guinea.
Gallirallus striatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Gallirallus striatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
The slaty-breasted rail is a native Asian rail species recently reclassified to the genus Lewinia.
Gallinula ventralis Gould, 1837
Gallinula ventralis Gould, 1837
The black-tailed nativehen (Gallinula ventralis) is a common Australian water bird classified as Least Concern by the IUCN.
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 once lived on mainland Australia.
Gallinula melanops (Vieillot, 1819)
Gallinula melanops (Vieillot, 1819)
Gallinula melanops, the spot-flanked gallinule, is a small South American waterbird with distinct age-related plumage changes.
Porzana albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Porzana albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
The ash-throated crake Porzana albicollis is a small bird with two geographically separated subspecies across South America.
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 found across parts of the Americas in varied habitats.
Porzana fusca (Linnaeus, 1766)
Porzana fusca (Linnaeus, 1766)
The ruddy-breasted crake is a small secretive Rallidae waterbird native to wet areas across South and East Asia.
Amaurornis akool (Sykes, 1832)
Amaurornis akool (Sykes, 1832)
The brown crake, or brown bush-hen, is a South Asian Rallidae waterbird with an uncertain species name origin.
Amaurornis flavirostra (Swainson, 1837)
Amaurornis flavirostra (Swainson, 1837)
Amaurornis flavirostra, the black crake, is a common African marsh bird with distinctive black adult plumage and distinct duet calls.
Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769)
Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769)
The little crake is a small migratory secretive Rallidae waterbird that breeds in Eurasian reedbeds and winters in Africa.
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