Suborder: Ralli
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Himantornis
►► Himantornis haematopus Nkulengu Rail
Generic: Himantoprnis ↔ Psammocrex
English: Nkulenga Rail
French: Râle à pieds rouges
German: Rotfußralle
Spanish: Rascón Nkulenga
Audio Recording: C06-01B
Subsumed Species: Himantornis petiti
Subsumed Species: Himantornis whitesidei (English: Whiteside's Rail)
Genus: Canirallus
►► Canirallus oculeus Grey-throated Rail
Generic: Canirallus ↔ Gallinula
Specific: oculeus ↔ oculea
French: Râle à gorge grise
German: Augenralle
Spanish: Rascón Carigris
Audio Recording: C06-02A
Subsumed Species: Canirallus batesi (English: Bates' Grey-throated Rail)
►► Canirallus kioloides Madagascar Wood Rail
Generic: Canirallus ↔ Gallinula ↔ Mentocrex
English: Wood Rail ↔ Wood-Rail, Madagascar Grey-throated Rail; Kioloides Rail; Madagascan Forest Rail
French: Râle à gorge blanche, Râle à front gris
German: Graukehlralle
Spanish: Rascón Kioloide
► C. k. kioloides
► C. k. berliozi
Genus: Gallirallus
►► Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Land Rail
Generic: Gallirallus ↔ Rallus
English: Buff-banded Rail
French: Râle tiklin
German: Bindenralle
Spanish: Rascón Filipino
► G. p. andrewsi / G. p. philippensis / G. p. pelewensis / G. p. xerophilus / G. p. wilkinsoni / G. p. lacustris / G. p. reductus / G. p. anachoretae / G. p. admiralitatis / G. p. praedo / G. p. lesouefi / G. p. meyeri / G. p. christophori / G. p. mellori / G. p. assimilis / G. p. tounelierie / G. p. swindellsi / G. p. sethsmithi / G. p. ecaudatus / G. p. goodsoni = SUBSPECIES UNCERTAIN
Genus: Sarothrura
►► Sarothrura pulchra White-spotted Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Crex ↔ Coturnicops
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake
French: Râle perlé
German: Perlenralle
Spanish: Polluela Pulcra
Audio Recording: C06-02B
► S. p. centralis
English: Uganda White-spotted Flufftail
► S. p. pulchra
Subsumed Subspecies: S. p. tibatiensis (English: Tibati White-spotted Flufftail)
► S. p. zenkeri
English: Cameroon White-spotted Flufftail
► S. p. batesi
English: Bates' White-spotted Flufftail
►► Sarothrura elegans Buff-spotted Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Gallinula ↔ Coturnicops
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake
French: Râle ponctué
German: Tropfenralle
Spanish: Polluela Elegante
Audio Recordings: G0218, C06-03A
► S. e. elegans
► S. e. reichenovi
English: Cameroon Buff-spotted Flufftail
Subsumed Species: Sarothrura reichenovi
Subsumed Subspecies: S. e. loringi (English: Kenya Buff-spotted Flufftail)
Subsumed Subspecies: S. e. buryi (English: Somali Buff-spotted Flufftail)
Subsumed Subspecies: S. e. languens
►► Sarothrura rufa Red-chested Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Rallus ↔ Coturnicops
Specific: rufa ↔ rufus
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake
French: Râle à camail
German: Rotbrustralle
Spanish: Polluela Rufa
Audio Recordings: G0217, C06-03B
► S. r. rufa
Subspecific: rufa ↔ rufus
Subsumed Subspecies: S. r. ansorgei (English: Angola Red-chested Flufftail)
► S. r. elizabethae
English: Uganda Red-chested Flufftail
► S. r. bonapartii
Subspecific: bonapartii ↔ bonapartei
English: Cameroon Red-chested Flufftail
►► Sarothrura lugens Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Crex ↔ Coturnicops
Specific: lugens ↔ lugeus ↔ modesta ↔ lineata
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake, Long-toed Flufftail, Ugalla Red-chested Flufftail
French: Râle à tête rousse
German: Ugallralle
Spanish: Polluela Cabecirroja
Audio Recordings: G0220, C06-04A
► S. l. lugens
► S. l. lynesi
English: Lynes' Flufftail
►► Sarothrura boehmi Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Coturnicops
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake, Böhm's Flufftail
French: Râle de Böhm
German: Boehmralle
Spanish: Polluela de Boehm
Audio Recordings: G0219, C06-04B
Subsumed Species: Sarothrura somereni (English: Kenya Streaky-breasted Flufftail)
Subsumed Subspecies: S. b. boehmi
Subsumed Subspecies: S. b. danei (English: Guinea Streaky-breasted Flufftail)
►► Sarothrura affinis Striped Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Crex ↔ Alecthelia ↔ Coturnicops
Specific: affinis ↔ lineata
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake, Red-tailed Crake, Chestnut-tailed Flufftail
French: Râle affin, Râle à queue rousse
German: Streifenralle
Spanish: Polluela Estriada
Audio Recording: G0221
► S. a. affinis
Subspecific: affinis ↔ lineata
English: Jardine's Flufftail
► S. a. antonii
Subsumed Species: Sarothrura antonii
English: Anthony's Flufftail, Antony's Flufftail
►► Sarothrura insularis Madagascar Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Corethrura ↔ Coturnicops
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake
French: Râle insulaire
German: Hovaralle
Spanish: Polluela Malgache
►► Sarothrura ayresi White-winged Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Coturnicops ↔ Ortygops
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake
French: Râle à miroir
German: Spiegelralle
Spanish: Polluela Especulada
Audio Recording: G0222
Subsumed Species: Sarothrura macmillani (English: Abyssinian White-winged Flufftail)
►► Sarothrura watersi Slender-billed Flufftail
Generic: Sarothrura ↔ Zapornia ↔ Coturnicops
English: Flufftail ↔ Pygmy Crake ↔ Pygmy-Crake ↔ Pigmy Crake ↔ Pigmy-Crake ↔ Crake, Waters’s Flufftail
French: Râle de Waters
German: Lemurenralle
Spanish: Polluela de Waters
Genus: Rallus
►► Rallus caerulescens African Water Rail
English: Cape Rail, African Rail, [Kaffir Rail]
French: Râle bleuâtre
German: Kapralle
Spanish: Rascón Cafre
Audio Recordings: G0210, C06-05B
►► Rallus aquaticus European Water Rail
English: Water Rail
French: Râle d'eau
German: Wassenralle
Spanish: Rascón Europeo
Audio Recording: C02-09A
► R. a. aquaticus
►► Rallus madagascariensis Madagascar Water Rail
English: Madagascan Rail
French: Râle de Madagascar
German: Madagaskarralle
Spanish: Rascón Malgache
Genus: Aphanapteryx
►► Aphanapteryx bonasia Mauritius Brown Rail = EXTINCT
English: Mauritian Red Rail
►► Aphanapteryx leguati Leguat's Rail = EXTINCT
Generic: Aphanapteryx ↔ Erythromachus
English: Leguat's Flightless Rail
Genus: Crex
►► Crex egregia African Crake
Generic: Crex ↔ Crecopsis ↔ Ortygometra ↔Porzana
Scientific: C. crex egregia
French: Râle des prés
German: Steppensumpfhuhn
Spanish: Guión Africano
Audio Recordings: G0212, C06-05A
►► Crex crex Corncrake
Generic: Crex ↔ Rallus
English: Corn Crake, Corn-Crake, Land Rail, Land-Rail
French: Râle des genets
German: Wchtelkönig
Spanish: Guión de Codornices
Audio Recordings: G0211, C02-08B
Genus: Rougetius
►► Rougetius rougetii Rouget's Rail
Generic: Rougetius ↔ Rallus
English: Abyssinian Rail
French: Râle de Rouget
German: Rougetralle
Spanish: Rascón Etíope
Genus: Dryolimnas
►► Dryolimnas cuvieri White-throated Rail
Generic: Dryolimnas ↔ Rougetius ↔ Rallus ↔ Canirallus ↔ Lewinia
English: Aldabra Rail
French: Râle de Cuvier, Râle d’Aldabra
German: Cuvierralle
Spanish: Rascón de Cuvier
► D. a. cuvieri
French: Râle de Cuvier
► D. a. aldabranus
Scientific: D. gularis aldabranus
English: Aldabra White-throated Rail
French: Râle d’Aldabra
► D. a. abbotti = EXTINCT
Subsumed Species: Dryolimnas abbotti
English: Assumption White-throated Rail)
Genus: Amaurornis
►► Amaurornis flavirostris Black Crake
Generic: Amaurornis ↔ Gallinula ↔ Limnocorax ↔Porzana
Specific: flavirostris ↔ flavirostra ↔ niger
French: Râle à bec jaune, Marouette noire
German: Mohrensumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Negra Africana
Audio Recordings: G0213, C06-07
►► Amaurornis olivieri Sakalava Rail
Generic: Amaurornis ↔ Porzana
English: Olivier’s Rail
French: Râle d’Olivier
German: Malegassensumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Negra Malgache
►► Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
Generic: Amaurornis ↔ Gallinula
French: Râle à poitrine blanche
German: Weißbrust-Kielralle
Spanish: Gallinetta Pechiblanca
► A. p. phoenicurus / A. p. insularis / A. p. midnicobaricus / A. p. leucomelanus = SUBSPECIES UNCERTAIN
Genus: Porzana
►► Porzana parva Little Crake
Generic: Porzana ↔ Rallus
Specific: parva ↔ parvus
French: Marouette poussin
German: Kleines Sumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Bastarda
Audio Recording: C02-9B
►► Porzana pusilla Baillon's Crake
Generic: Porzana ↔ Rallus
Specific: pusilla ↔ pusillus
English: Marsh Crake, Tiny Crake, Lesser Spotted Crake
French: Marouette de Baillon
German: Zwergsumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Chica
Audio Recordings: G0215, C01-10A
► P. p. intermedia
Subsumed Species: Porzana obscura (English: African Lesser Spotted Crake, African Spotted Crake)
Subsumed Subspecies: P. p. intensa
► P. p. pusilla
►► Porzana porzana Spotted Crake
Generic: Porzana ↔ Rallus
English: Eurasian Spotted Crake
French: Marouette ponctuée
German: Tüpfelsumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Pintoja
Audio Recordings: G0214, C02-10B
►► Porzana carolina Sora
Generic: Porzana ↔ Rallus
Specific: carolina ↔ carolinus
French: Marouette de Caroline
German: Carolinasumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Sora
Genus: Aenigmatolimnas
►► Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Striped Crake
Generic: Aenigmatolimnas ↔ Porzana ↔ Limnobaenus
French: Marouette rayée
German: Graukehl-Sumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Culirroja
Audio Recordings: G0216, C06-06
Genus: Atlantisia
►► Atlantisia rogersi Inaccessible Island Rail
English: Inaccessible Rail, Tristan Rail
French: Râle atlantis
German: Atlantisralle
Spanish: Rasconcillo de Tristan da Cunha
Genus: Porphyrio
►► Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen
Generic: Porphyrio ↔ Fulica
Specific: porphyrio ↔ alba
English: Swamphen ↔ Swamp-Hen ↔ Swamp Hen ↔ Gallinule ↔ Reedhen ↔ Reed-Hen ↔ Reed Hen, King Swamphen
French: Talève sultane, Talève poule-sultane; Poule-sultane
German: Purpurhuhn
Spanish: Calamón Común
Audio Recordings: G0223, C02-11A
► P. p. madagascariensis
English: African Purple Swamphen
Subsumed Species: Porphyrio madagascariensis
► P. p. porphyrio
►► Porphyrio caerulescens Réunion Gallinule = EXTINCT
Generic: Porphyrio ↔ Apterornis
English: Réunion Reed-Hen
►► Porphyrio alleni Allen's Gallinule
Generic: Porphyrio ↔ Porphyrula
English: Lesser Gallinule, Allen's Reed-Hen
French: Talève d'Allen, Poule sultane d’Allen
German: Bronzesultanshuhn
Spanish: Calamoncillo Africano
Audio Recordings: G0224, C06-08
►► Porphyrio martinica American Purple Gallinule
Generic: Porphyrio ↔ Porphyrula ↔ Fulica ↔ Gallinula
Specific: martinica ↔ martinicus
English: Purple Gallinule
French: Talève violacée, Talève pourprée; Poule sultane d’Amerique
German: Zwergsultanshuhn
Spanish: Calamoncillo Americano
Audio Recordings: G0225
Genus: Gallinula
►► Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
Generic: Gallinula ↔ Fulica ↔ Stagnicola
English: Moorhen, Common Gallinule
French: Gallinule poule d'eau, Poule d’eau commune
German: Teichhuhn
Spanish: Gallineta Común
Audio Recordings: G0226, C02-11B
► G. c. meridionalis
English: African Moorhen
Subsumed Species: Gallinula meridionalis
Subsumed Subspecies: G. c. brachyptera
► G. c. chloropus
English: European Moorhen
► G. c. pyrrhorrhoa
English: Madagascar Moorhen
► G. c. orientalis
Subsumed Subspecies: G. c. seychellarum (English: Seychelles Moorhen)
►► Gallinula angulata Lesser Moorhen
French: Gallinule africaine
German: Zwergteichhuhn
Spanish: Gallineta Chica
Audio Recordings: G0227, C06-09
►► Gallinula nesiotis Gough Moorhen
Generic: Gallinula ↔ Porphyriornis
English: Tristan Moorhen
French: Gallinule de Gough, Gallinule de Tristan
German: Tristanteichhuhn
Spanish: Gallineta de Gough
► G. n. comeri
Subsumed Species: Gallinula comeri
English: Gough Island Coot
► G. n. nesiotis = EXTINCT
Subsumed Species: Gallinula nesiotis
English: Tristan Coot
Genus: Fulica
►► Fulica cristata Red-knobbed Coot
English: Crested Coot
French: Foulque à crête
German: Kammbläßhuhn
Spanish: Focha Moruna
Audio Recordings: G0228, C02-12B
►► Fulica atra Eurasian Coot
English: Coot, Common Coot, Black Coot, European Coot
French: Foulque macroule
German: Bläßhuhn
Spanish: Focha Común
Audio Recording: C02-12A
F. a. atra
►► Fulica newtoni Mascarene Coot = EXTINCT
English: Mauritius Coot
Genus: Leguatia
►► Leguatia gigantea Giant Rail = EXTINCT