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Category:Gruiformes

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Order: Gruiformes

[edit] Description

[edit] Taxonomy

Gruiformes is an order in the class Aves.

Order Gruiformes view • edit

Family Opisthocomidae view • edit

Genus Opisthocomus view • edit
O. hoazin Hoatzin

Family Mesitornithidae view • edit

Genus Mesitornis view • edit
M. variegatus White-breasted Mesite
M. unicolor Brown Mesite

Genus Monias view • edit
M. benschi Subdesert Mesite

Family Turnicidae view • edit

Genus Turnix view • edit
T. sylvaticus Small Buttonquail
T. maculosus Red-backed Buttonquail
T. hottentottus Black-rumped Buttonquail
T. tanki Yellow-legged Buttonquail
T. ocellatus Spotted Buttonquail
T. suscitator Barred Buttonquail
T. nigricollis Madagascar Buttonquail
T. melanogaster Black-breasted Buttonquail
T. castanotus Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
T. olivii Buff-breasted Buttonquail
T. varius Painted Buttonquail
T. worcesteri Worcester's Buttonquail
T. everetti Sumba Buttonquail
T. pyrrhothorax Red-chested Buttonquail
T. velox Little Buttonquail

Genus Ortyxelos view • edit
O. meiffrenii Quail-plover

Family Gruidae view • edit

Genus Balearica view • edit
B. regulorum Grey Crowned-Crane
B. pavonina Black Crowned-Crane

Genus Anthropoides view • edit
A. virgo Demoiselle Crane
A. paradiseus Blue Crane

Genus Bugeranus view • edit
B. carunculatus Wattled Crane

Genus Grus view • edit
G. leucogeranus Siberian Crane
G. canadensis Sandhill Crane
G. antigone Sarus Crane
G. rubicunda Brolga
G. vipio White-naped Crane
G. grus Common Crane
G. monacha Hooded Crane
G. americana Whooping Crane
G. nigricollis Black-necked Crane
G. japonensis Red-crowned Crane

Family Aramidae view • edit

Genus Aramus view • edit
A. guarauna Limpkin

Family Psophiidae view • edit

Genus Psophia view • edit
P. crepitans Gray-winged Trumpeter
P. viridis Dark-winged Trumpeter
P. leucoptera Pale-winged Trumpeter

Family Rallidae view • edit

Genus Sarothrura view • edit
S. pulchra White-spotted Flufftail
S. elegans Buff-spotted Flufftail
S. rufa Red-chested Flufftail
S. lugens Chestnut-headed Flufftail
S. boehmi Streaky-breasted Flufftail
S. affinis Striped Flufftail
S. insularis Madagascar Flufftail
S. ayresi White-winged Flufftail
S. watersi Slender-billed Flufftail

Genus Himantornis view • edit
H. haematopus Nkulengu Rail

Genus Canirallus view • edit
C. oculeus Grey-throated Rail
C. kioloides Kioloides Rail

Genus Coturnicops view • edit
C. exquisitus Swinhoe's Rail
C. noveboracensis Yellow Rail
C. notatus Speckled Rail

Genus Micropygia view • edit
M. schomburgkii Ocellated Crake

Genus Rallina view • edit
R. rubra Chestnut Forest-Rail
R. leucospila White-striped Forest-Rail
R. forbesi Forbes's Forest-Rail
R. mayri Mayr's Forest-Rail
R. tricolor Red-necked Crake
R. canningi Andaman Crake
R. fasciata Red-legged Crake
R. eurizonoides Slaty-legged Crake

Genus Anurolimnas view • edit
A. castaneiceps Chestnut-headed Crake
A. viridis Russet-crowned Crake
A. fasciatus Black-banded Crake

Genus Laterallus view • edit
L. melanophaius Rufous-sided Crake
L. levraudi Rusty-flanked Crake
L. ruber Ruddy Crake
L. albigularis White-throated Crake
L. exilis Gray-breasted Crake
L. tuerosi Junin Rail
L. jamaicensis Black Rail
L. spilonotus Galapagos Rail
L. leucopyrrhus Red-and-white Crake
L. xenopterus Rufous-faced Crake

Genus Nesoclopeus view • edit
N. poecilopterus
Bar-winged Rail
N. woodfordi Woodford's Rail

Genus Gallirallus view • edit
G. australis Weka
G. lafresnayanus New Caledonian Rail
G. sylvestris Lord Howe Rail
G. okinawae Okinawa Rail
G. philippensis Buff-banded Rail
G. insignis New Britain Rail
G. owstoni
Guam Rail
G. torquatus Barred Rail
G. calayanensis Calayan Rail
G. rovianae Roviana Rail
G. dieffenbachii
Dieffenbach's Rail
G. pacificus
Tahiti Rail
G. wakensis
Wake Island Rail
G. sharpei Sharpe's Rail
G. striatus Slaty-breasted Rail
G. modestus
Chatham Islands Rail

Genus Rallus view • edit
R. longirostris Clapper Rail
R. elegans King Rail
R. wetmorei Plain-flanked Rail
R. limicola Virginia Rail
R. semiplumbeus Bogota Rail
R. antarcticus Austral Rail
R. aquaticus Water Rail
R. caerulescens African Rail
R. madagascariensis Madagascar Rail

Genus Lewinia view • edit
L. mirificus Brown-banded Rail
L. pectoralis Lewin's Rail
L. muelleri Auckland Islands Rail

Genus Dryolimnas view • edit
D. cuvieri White-throated Rail

Genus Crecopsis view • edit
C. egregia African Crake

Genus Crex view • edit
C. crex Corn Crake

Genus Rougetius view • edit
R. rougetii Rouget's Rail

Genus Aramidopsis view • edit
A. plateni Platen's Rail

Genus Atlantisia view • edit
A. rogersi Inaccessible Island Rail

Genus Aramides view • edit
A. mangle Little Wood Rail
A. axillaris Rufous-necked Wood Rail
A. cajanea Gray-necked Wood Rail
A. wolfi Brown Wood Rail
A. ypecaha Giant Wood Rail
A. saracura Slaty-breasted Wood Rail
A. calopterus Red-winged Wood Rail

Genus Amaurolimnas view • edit
A. concolor Uniform Crake