Topic summary
Crake
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Rail (bird).
Extant genera
- Canirallus – grey-throated rail
- Anurolimnas – chestnut-headed crake
- Mustelirallus – (4 species)
- Pardirallus (3 species)
- Amaurolimnas – uniform crake
- Aramides – wood rails (8 species)
- Rallus – typical rails (14 species)
- Crecopsis – African crake
- Rougetius – Rouget's rail
- Dryolimnas – (1 living species, 1 recently extinct)
- Crex – corn crake
- Aramidopsis – snoring rail
- Lewinia – (4 species)
- Gallirallus – (18 species, 6 recently extinct. Includes Aptenorallus, Habroptila, Eulabeornis, Cabalus and Hypotaenidia)
- Porphyriops – spot-flanked gallinule
- Porzana – (3 species)
- Tribonyx – nativehens (2 species)
- Paragallinula – lesser moorhen
- Gallinula – moorhens (5 living species, 2 recently extinct)
- Fulica – coots (10 living species, one recently extinct)
- Porphyrio – swamphens and purple gallinules (8 living species, 3 recently extinct)
- Rufirallus – (5 species)
- Coturnicops – (2 species)
- Laterallus – (11 species)
- Zapornia – (10 living species, 5 recently extinct)
- Rallina – (4 species)
- Gymnocrex – (3 species)
- Himantornis – Nkulengu rail
- Megacrex – New Guinea flightless rail
- Poliolimnas – white-browed crake
- Aenigmatolimnas – striped crake
- Gallicrex – watercock
- Amaurornis – bush-hens (5 species)