| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Neognathae |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
- Genus
- species – Common Name
- Amaurornis
- akool – Brown Crake
- bicolor – Elwes’ Crake
- ineptus – New Guinea flightless Rail
- olivaceua – Rufous-tailed Moorhen
- phoenicurus – White-breasted Water Hen
- Atlantisia
- rogersi – Inaccessible I Rail
- Canirallus
- cuvieri, kioloides, oculeus – Rail
- Coturnicops
- affinis, ayresi, boehmi, elegans, insularis, lugens, pulchra, rufa, schomburgkii, watersi – Crake
- notata – Darwin’s Rail
- noveboracensis – Yellow Rail
- Crex
- crex – Corn Crake
- Cyanolimnas
- cerverai – Zapata Rail
- Eulabeornis
- axillaris, cajaneus, calopterus, mangle, saracura, wolfi, ypecaha – Wood-Rail
- castaneoventris, plumbeiventris, rosenbergii – Rail
- concolor – Uniform Crake
- Fullica
- americana, armillata, atra, caribaea, cornuta, cristata, gigantea, leucoptera, rufrifrons – Coot
- Gallicrex
- cinerea – Water Cock
- Gallinula
- alleni, martinica, melanops, flavirostris – Gallinule
- chloropus, melanops, tenebrosa – Moorhen
- mortierii – Tasmanian Native Hen
- nesiotis – Gough I Coot
- pacifica – Samoan Wood Rail
- sylvestris – San Cristobal Mountain Rail
- ventralis – Black-tailed Native Hen
- Gallirallus
- australis – Weka
- Himantornis
- haematopus – Nkulengu Rail
- Laterallus
- albigularis, exilis, fasciatus, leucopyrrhus, levraudi, melanophaius, ruber, viridis, xenopterus – Crake
- jamaicensis – Black Rail
- spilonotus – Galapagos Rail
- Porphyrio
- porphryrio – Purple Swamphen
- Porzana
- albicollis, atra, columbiana, egregia, erythrops, flavirostra, flaviventer, fluminea, fusca, marginalis, parva, porzana, pusilla, spiloptera, tabuensis – Crake
- carolina – Sora
- cinerea – White-browed Rail
- olivieri – Olivier’s Rail
- Rallina
- canningi, castaneiceps, eurizonoides, fasciata, paykullii, tricolor – Crake
- forbesi, leucospila, mayri, rubra, – Chestnut Rail
- Rallus
- antarctius, aquaticus, caerulescens, insignis, limicola, longirostris, nigricans, maculatus, madagascariensis, okinawae, owstoni, pectoralis, philippensis, plateni, poecilopterus, sanguinolentus, semiplumbeous, striatus, torquatus, wallacii, wetmorei – Rail
- lafresnayanus – New Caledonian Wood-Rail
- sylvestris – Lord Howe Wood-Rail
- Rougetius
- rougetii – Rouget’s Rail
