Birds in Focus - Species List

All Photos of Order Gruiformes (5 families, 48 species)

Rallidae: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (37 species)
Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)		King Rail (Rallus elegans)
Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)		Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Weka (Gallirallus australis)		Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans)		Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus)
Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)		Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail (Aramides saracura)		Black-tailed Nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis)
Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii)		Spot-flanked Gallinule (Porphyriops melanops)
Sora (Porzana carolina)		Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea)
Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)		Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)		Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea)
Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata)		Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai)		American Coot (Fulica americana)
Slate-colored Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)		White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)		Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
South Island Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri)		Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)		White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)		Red-and-white Crake (Rufirallus leucopyrrhus)
Rufous-sided Crake (Laterallus melanophaius)		White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)

Heliornithidae: Finfoots (1 species)
Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)

Aramidae: Limpkin (1 species)
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

Psophiidae: Trumpeters (1 species)
Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera)

Gruidae: Cranes (8 species)
Gray Crowned-Crane (Balearica regulorum)		Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus)
Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)		Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone)		Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
Common Crane (Grus grus)		Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

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