Order GruiformesReturn to the Guam Rail Veterinary Home Page
Families:
Aramidae, Limpkin Cariamidae, Seriemas Eurypygidae, Sun bitterns
Gruidae, Cranes Heliornithidae, Finfoots and Sungrebe Otididae, Bustards and Floricans
Psophiidae, Trumpeters
     
Rallidae Bush-Hen Coot
Crake Flufftail
Forest-Rail Gallinule
Mesite Moorhen
Rail Sora
Swamphen Takahe
Watercock Waterhen
   Weka  Wood-Rail
Rhynochetidae, Kagu Turnicidae, Buttonquails

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Aramidae
 
Limpkin Aramus guarauna

 

Cariamidae
 
Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri
Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata

 

Eurypygidae
 
Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

 

Gruidae
 
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina 
Blue Crane Grus paradisea
Brolga Grus rubicunda
Common Crane Grus grus
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
Grey Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
Hooded Crane Grus monacha
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Sarus Crane Grus antigone
Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus
Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus
White-naped Crane Grus vipio
Whooping Crane Grus americana

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Heliornithidae
 
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personata
Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

 

Otididae
 
Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
Black Bustard Eupodotis afra
Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
Blue Bustard Eupodotis caerulescens
Buff-crested Bustard Eupodotis gindiana
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Hartlaub's Bustard Eupodotis hartlaubii
Heuglin's Bustard Neotis heuglinii
Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata
Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps
Karoo Bustard Eupodotis vigorsii
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
Little Brown Bustard Eupodotis humilis
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii
Nubian Bustard Neotis nuba
Red-crested Bustard Eupodotis ruficrista
Rueppell's Bustard Eupodotis rueppellii
Savile's Bustard Eupodotis savilei
Stanley Bustard Neotis denhami
White-quilled Bustard Eupodotis afraoides
White-bellied Bustard Eupodotissenegalensis
Bengal Florican Eupodotis bengalensis
Lesser Florican Eupodotis indica

 

Psophiidae
 
Dark-winged Trumpeter Psophia viridis
Grey-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans
Pale-winged Trumpeter Psophia leucoptera

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Rallidae
 
Bush-Hen Bush-Hen Amaurornis olivaceus
Coot American Coot Fulica americana
Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea
Common Coot Fulica atra
Giant Coot Fulica gigantea
Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai
Horned Coot Fulica cornuta
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
Slate-colored Coot Fulica ardesiaca
White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
Crake African Crake Crecopsis egregia
To top of page Andaman Crake Rallina canningi
Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis
Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Band-bellied Crake Porzana paykullii
Black-tailed Crake Amaurornis bicolor
Black-banded Crake Anurolimnas fasciatus
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
Brown Crake Amaurornis akool
Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps
Colombian Crake Neocrex colombianus
Corn Crake Crex crex
Dot-winged Crake Porzana spiloptera
Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
Hawaiian Crake Porzana sandwichensis
Henderson Island Crake Porzana atra
Kosrae Crake Porzana monasa
Laysan Crake Porzana palmeri
Little Crake Porzana parva
Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii
Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops
Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
Red-and-white Crake Laterallus leucopyrrhus
Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
Rufous-faced Crake Laterallus xenopterus
Russet-crowned Crake Anurolimnas viridis
Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi
Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea
White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer
Flufftail Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
Chestnut-headed Flufftail Sarothrura lugens
Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis
Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
Slender-billed Flufftail Sarothrura watersi
Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi
Striped Flufftail Sarothrura affinis
White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
Forest-Rail Chestnut Forest-Rail Rallina rubra
Forbes's Forest-Rail Rallina forbesi
Mayr's Forest-Rail Rallina mayri
White-striped Forest-Rail Rallina leucospila
Gallinule Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
To top of page Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
Mesite Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor
Subdesert Mesite Monias benschi
White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegata
Moorhen Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
Samoan Moorhen Gallinula pacifica
San Cristobal Moorhen Gallinula silvestris
Tristan Moorhen Gallinula nesiotis
Black-tailed Native-hen Gallinula ventralis
Tasmanian Native-hen Gallinula mortierii
Rail Auckland Islands Rail Lewinia muelleri
To top of page Austral Rail Rallus antarcticus
Bald-faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergii
Bar-winged Rail Nesoclopeus poecilopterus
Bare-eyed Rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus
Brown-banded Rail Lewinia mirificus
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Chatham Islands Rail Gallirallus modestus
Chestnut Rail Eulabeornis castaneoventris
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
Dieffenbach's Rail Gallirallus dieffenbachii
Galapagos Rail Laterallus spilonotus
Gilbert Rail Gallirallus conditicius
Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus
Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni
Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi
Invisible Rail Habroptila wallacii
Kaffir Rail Rallus caerulescens
King Rail Rallus elegans
Kioloides Rail Canirallus kioloides
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
Lord Howe Rail Gallirallus sylvestris
Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis
New Caledonian Rail Gallirallus lafresnayanus
New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
New Britain Rail Gallirallus insignis
Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae
Plain-flanked Rail Rallus wetmorei
Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
Roviana Rail Gallirallus rovianae
Sakalava Rail Amaurornis olivieri
Sharpe's Rail Gallirallus sharpei
Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus
Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni
Speckled Rail Coturnicops notatus
Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus
Tahiti Rail Gallirallus pacificus
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
Wake Island Rail Gallirallus wakensis
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri
Woodford's Rail Nesoclopeus woodfordi
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai
Sora Sora Porzana carolina
Swamphen Lord Howe Island Swamphen Porphyrio albus
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Takahe Takahe Porphyrio mantelli
Watercock Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
Waterhen Isabelline Waterhen Amaurornis isabellinus
Rufous-tailed Waterhen Amaurornis moluccanus
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Weka Weka Gallirallus australis
Wood-Rail Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi
Giant Wood-Rail Aramides ypecaha
Grey-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
Little Wood-Rail Aramides mangle
Red-winged Wood-Rail Aramides calopterus
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail Aramides saracura

 

Rhynochetidae
 
Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus

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Turnicidae
 
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nana
Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster
Buff-breasted Buttonquail Turnix olivii
Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanota
Hottentot Buttonquail Turnix hottentotta
Lark Buttonquail Ortyxelos meiffrenii
Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
Painted Buttonquail Turnix varia
Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosa
Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellata
Sumba Buttonquail Turnix everetti
Worcester's Buttonquail Turnix worcesteri
Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki

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