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Rallidae Vigors, 1825

105005  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:105005)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Aves (Class)
  7. Gruiformes (Order)
  8. Rallidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Aenigmatolimnas Peters, 1933
  2. Genus Amaurolimnas Sharpe, 1893
  3. Genus Amaurornis Reichenbach, 1853
  4. Genus Anurolimnas Sharpe, 1892
  5. Genus Aphanapteryx Frauenfeld, 1868
  6. Genus Aptenorallus Kirchman, McInerney, Giarla, Olson, Slikas & Fleischer, 2021
  7. Genus Aramides Pucheran, 1845
  8. Genus Aramidopsis Sharpe, 1893
  9. Genus Atlantisia Lowe, 1923
  10. Genus Australlus Worthy & Boles, 2011 †
  11. Genus Baselrallus De Pietri & Mayr, 2014 †
  12. Genus Belgirallus Mayr & Smith, 2001 †
  13. Genus Canirallus Bonaparte, 1856
  14. Genus Capellirallus Falla, 1954 †
  15. Genus Coturnicops G.R. Gray, 1855
  16. Genus Crecopsis Sharpe, 1893
  17. Genus Crex Bechstein, 1803
  18. Genus Crexica Zelenkov, Panteleyev & De Pietri, 2017 †
  19. Genus Cyanolimnas Barbour & Peters, 1927
  20. Genus Diaphorapteryx Forbes, 1892
  21. Genus Dryolimnas Sharpe, 1893
  22. Genus Edithornis Mayr, 1933
  23. Genus Eulabeornis Gould, 1844
  24. Genus Fulica Linnaeus, 1758
  25. Genus Gallicrex Blyth, 1852
  26. Genus Gallinula Brisson, 1760
  27. Genus Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
  28. Genus Gymnocrex Salvadori, 1875
  29. Genus Habropteryx Stresemann, 1932
  30. Genus Habroptila Gray, 1860
  31. Genus Himantornis Hartlaub, 1855
  32. Genus Kuina Hachisuka, 1937
  33. Genus Laterallus Gray, 1855
  34. Genus Lewinia G.R. Gray, 1855
  35. Genus Litorallus Mather, Tennyson, Scofield, De Pietri, Hand, Archer, Handley & Worthy, 2019 †
  36. Genus Megacrex D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879
  37. Genus Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856
  38. Genus Miohypotaenidia Zelenkov, Panteleyev & De Pietri, 2017 †
  39. Genus Mioporphyrula Zelenkov in Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2015 †
  40. Genus Neocrex Sclater & Salvin, 1869
  41. Genus Nesoclopeus Peters, 1932
  42. Genus Nesophylax Murphy, 1924
  43. Genus Paragallinula Sangster, Garcia-R & Trewick, 2015
  44. Genus Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856
  45. Genus Pastushkinia Zelenkov, 2013 †
  46. Genus Pennula Dole, 1879
  47. Genus Pleistorallus Worthy, 1997 †
  48. Genus Porphyrio Brisson, 1760
  49. Genus Porphyrula Blyth, 1852
  50. Genus Porzana Vieillot, 1816
  51. Genus Priscaweka Mather, Tennyson, Scofield, De Pietri, Hand, Archer, Handley & Worthy, 2019 †
  52. Genus Pyramida Oliver, 1955 †
  53. Genus Rallina Gray, 1846
  54. Genus Rallus Linnaeus, 1758
  55. Genus Rhenanorallus Mayr, 2010 †
  56. Genus Rougetius Bonaparte, 1856
  57. Genus Sarothrura Heine & Reichenbach, 1890
  58. Genus Vitirallus Worthy, 2004 †
  59. Genus Youngornis Yeh, 1981 †
  60. Genus Aenigomatolimnas accepted as Aenigmatolimnas Peters, 1933
  61. Genus Aphanolimnas Sharpe, 1892 accepted as Porzana Vieillot, 1816
  62. Genus Aphenapteryx Giebel, 1877 accepted as Aphanapteryx Frauenfeld, 1868
  63. Genus Cabalus Hutton, 1874 accepted as Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
  64. Genus Calamodromus Heine & Reichenow, 1890 accepted as Rougetius Bonaparte, 1856
  65. Genus Corethrura Reichenbach, 1849 accepted as Sarothrura Heine & Reichenbach, 1890
  66. Genus Coturnicops Bonaparte, 1854, nom. nud. accepted as Coturnicops G.R. Gray, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  67. Genus Coturnicops Bonaparte, 1854 accepted as Coturnicops G.R. Gray, 1855 (authorship attribution not accepted (unknown reason))
  68. Genus Creccoides Shufeldt, 1892 (Unjustified (?) emendation)
  69. Genus Creccopus Shufeldt, 1892 (Unjustified (?) emendation)
  70. Genus Crecoides Shufeldt, 1892 † (Unjustified (?) emendation)
  71. Genus Crex Möhring, 1758 accepted as Crex Bechstein, 1803
  72. Genus Daseioura Penhallurick, 2003 accepted as Sarothrura Hasselt, 1823 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, superfluous replacement name)
  73. Genus Donacias Heine in Heine & Reichenow, 1890 accepted as Lewinia G.R. Gray, 1855
  74. Genus Donacophilus Reichenow in Heine & Reichenow, 1890 accepted as Laterallus Gray, 1855
  75. Genus Eortyx Brodkorb, 1967 † accepted as Ludiortyx Brodkorb, 1964 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  76. Genus Erythrolimnas Heine & Reichenow, 1890 (Unjustified (?) emendation)
  77. Genus Fulcia Eydoux & Souleyet in Vaillant, 1841 accepted as Fulica Linnaeus, 1758
  78. Genus Gallinulopha Bonaparte, 1854 accepted as Gallicrex Blyth, 1852 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  79. Genus Gallinulopha G.R. Gray, 1855 accepted as Gallicrex Blyth, 1852
  80. Genus Haematornis Schlegel, 1857 accepted as Himantornis Hartlaub, 1855
  81. Genus Huttonena Mathews, 1929 accepted as Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
  82. Genus Hypnodes Reichenbach, 1852 accepted as Gallicrex Blyth, 1852
  83. Genus Kittlitzia Hartlaub, 1893 accepted as Porzana Vieillot, 1816
  84. Genus Laterallus Bonaparte, 1854 accepted as Laterallus Gray, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  85. Genus Laterirallus Bonaparte, 1856 accepted as Laterallus Gray, 1855
  86. Genus Lewinia Bonaparte, 1854 accepted as Lewinia G.R. Gray, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  87. Genus Limnocorax Peters, 1854 accepted as Amaurornis Reichenbach, 1853
  88. Genus Mentocrex Peters, 1933 accepted as Canirallus Bonaparte, 1856
  89. Genus Nesolimnas Andrews, 1896 accepted as Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
  90. Genus Nothornis Schlegel, 1854 accepted as Porphyrio Brisson, 1760
  91. Genus Notornis Owen, 1848 accepted as Porphyrio Brisson, 1760
  92. Genus Ortygops Heine & Reichenow, 1890 accepted as Coturnicops G.R. Gray, 1855 (Unjustified (?) emendation (of Coturnicops Bonaparte, 1854))
  93. Genus Oxydromus Schlegel, 1854 (Misspelling)
  94. Genus Palugalla Balatsky, 2011 accepted as Zapornia Leach, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  95. Genus Pareudiastes Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871 accepted as Gallinula Brisson, 1760
  96. Genus Poliolimnas Sharpe, 1893 accepted as Porzana Vieillot, 1816
  97. Genus Porphyreops Zuchold, 1854 accepted as Gallinula Brisson, 1760
  98. Genus Porphyriola Sundevall, 1873 accepted as Porphyrio Brisson, 1760
  99. Genus Porphyrion Vieillot, 1818 accepted as Porphyrio Brisson, 1760
  100. Genus Porphyriops Pucheran, 1845 accepted as Gallinula Brisson, 1760
  101. Genus Porphyriornis Allen, 1892 accepted as Gallinula Brisson, 1760
  102. Genus Porzanula Frohawk, 1892 accepted as Porzana Vieillot, 1816
  103. Genus Rallicula Schlegel, 1871 accepted as Rallina Gray, 1846
  104. Genus Ralus Vieillot, 1825 accepted as Rallus Linnaeus, 1758
  105. Genus Saurothrura Sharpe, 1894 accepted as Sarothrura Heine & Reichenbach, 1890
  106. Genus Tertiariaporphyrula Kuročkin & Ganea, 1972 † accepted as Palaeoaramides Lambrecht, 1933 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  107. Genus Tribonix Bonaparte, 1856 accepted as Gallinula Brisson, 1760
  108. Genus Tribonyx Du Bus, 1840 accepted as Gallinula Brisson, 1760
  109. Genus Tricholimnas Sharpe, 1893 accepted as Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
  110. Genus Tricholimnus accepted as Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
  111. Genus Tulica Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 accepted as Fulica Linnaeus, 1758
  112. Genus Brachypteryx Owen, 1848 (uncertain, unassessed)
  113. Genus Brachyptrallus de Lafresnaye, 1840 (uncertain, unassessed)
  114. Genus Creciscus Cabanis, 1857 (uncertain, unassessed)
  115. Genus Eocrex Wetmore, 1931 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  116. Genus Euryonotus Mercerat, 1897 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  117. Genus Fulicaletornis Lambrecht, 1933 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  118. Genus Gallinula Pennant, 1769 (uncertain, unassessed)
  119. Genus Glaucestes Reichenbach, 1852 (uncertain, unassessed)
  120. Genus Hapalocrex Ridgway, 1920 (uncertain, unassessed)
  121. Genus Hypotaenidia Reichenbach, 1852 (uncertain, unassessed)
  122. Genus Latipons Harrison & Walker, 1979 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  123. Genus Limnobaenus Sundevall, 1873 (uncertain, unassessed)
  124. Genus Ludiortyx Brodkorb, 1964 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  125. Genus Microrallus Svec, 1983 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  126. Genus Miofulica Lambrecht, 1933 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  127. Genus Miorallus Lambrecht, 1933 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  128. Genus Montirallus Mlikovsky, 1982 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  129. Genus Mundia Bourne, Ashmole & Simmons, 2003 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  130. Genus Ocydromus Wagler, 1830 (uncertain, unassessed)
  131. Genus Ortygonax Heine & Reichenow, 1890 (uncertain, unassessed)
  132. Genus Palaeorallus Wetmore, 1931 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  133. Genus Paraortygometra Lambrecht, 1933 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  134. Genus Pararallus Lambrecht, 1933 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  135. Genus Parvirallus Harrison & Walker, 1979 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  136. Genus Pezocrex (uncertain, unassessed)
  137. Genus Poliolimnas Sharpe, 1877 (uncertain, unassessed)
  138. Genus Quercyrallus Lambrecht, 1933 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  139. Genus Rallicrex Lambrecht, 1933 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  140. Genus Ralloides Shufeldt, 1892 (uncertain, unassessed)
  141. Genus Rufirallus Bonaparte, 1856 (uncertain, unassessed)
  142. Genus Taubacrex de Alvarenga, 1989 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  143. Genus Wanshuina Hou, 1994 † (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Rallidae Vigors, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105005 on 2026-03-28
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Gruiformes (Order) > Rallidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Coots, rails, and relatives. Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Eocene (Ypresian)-Holocene (?Recent). Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]
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