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Gruiformes (Crakes, Cranes, Fluftails, Gallinues, Limpkins, Rails, Trumpeters, Wood-rails, etc.)

 

Family: †Aptornithidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Aptornis defossor Owen, 1871 South Island adzebill, Aptornis, Ngutu Hahau Holocene South Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Aptornis otidiformis Owen, 1844
North Island adzebill, Aptornis
Holocene North Island, New Zealand Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Aramidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Gruidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Antigone cubensis
(Fischer & Stephan, 1971) Cuban flightless crane, Grulla Cubana Late Pleistocene Cuba Extinct Access
             
Grus antigone luzonica Hachisuka, 1941 Luzon sarus crane 1970's Luzon, Philippines Missing or invalid Access
             
Grus latipes Wetmore, 1960   Late Pleistocene Bermuda Extinct Access
             
Grus leucogeranus bohatshevi Serebrovskij, 1940   Late Pleistocene Azerbaijan Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Grus melitensis Lydekker, 1890 Maltese crane Late Pleistocene Malta (& Sicily?) Extinct Access
             
Grus minor Miller, 1910   Late Pleistocene California, USA Extinct Access
             
Grus pagei
Campbell, 1995
  Late Pleistocene North America Extinct Access
             
Grus primigenia Milne-Edwards, 1869   Late Pleistocene Europe Extinct Access
             
Grus sp. nov. 'Bahamas' -   Holocene Middle Caicos, Bahamas Extinct Access
             

Grus sp. nov. 'Ryukus'

- - ? Miyako, Ryukyus Extinct Access
             
Grus sp. nov. 'Timor' -   Late Pleistocene or Holocene Timor Extinct Access

 

 

 

Family: Heliornithidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Psophiidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Rallidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Amaurolimnas concolor concolor Gosse, 1847 Jamaican uniform crake, Uniform crake (Jamaican), Uniform crake (generic), Red rail, Water partidge, Jamaican wood rail 1881 Jamaica Extinct Access
             
Aphanapteryx bonasia
Sélys Longchamps, 1848 Mauritian red rail, Mauritius red hen, Red hen 1693 Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Aramides cajanea latens Bangs & Penard, 1918 Pearl Islands grey-necked wood rail ? Pearl Islands, Panama Missing Access
             
Aramides gutturalis Sharpe, 1894 Red-throated wood rail ? Peru Missing or invalid Access
             
Aramidopsis plateni (Blasius, 1886) Snoring rail, Platen's rail, Platen's Celebes rail - Sulawesi (=Celebes), Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Atlantisia podarces Wetmore, 1963 St. Helena rail, St. Helena crake >1502? St. Helena Extinct Access
             
Cabalus modestus Hutton, 1872 Chatham rail, Chatham Islands rail, Chatham Island rail, Matirakahu (Māori) 1895-1900 Chatham Islands (Chatham, Mangere and Pitt Islands only), New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Cacroenis inornatus Bruner, 1972 Bruner's rail ? Tuamotus Invalid (nomen nudum) Access
             
Capellirallus karamu Falla, 1954 Snipe rail, Snipe-billed rail, New Zealand snipe-rail, Cave rail after 1280? North Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Coturnicops noveboracensis goldmani Nelson, 1904 Goldman's rail, Lerma yellow rail, Goldman's yellow rail, Yellow rail (Mexican) 22 July 1964 Marshes near Río Lerma, Mexico (central) Missing Access
             
Cyanolimnas cerverai Barbour & Peters, 1927 Zapata rail - Zapata Swamp, Cuba Rediscovered Access
             
Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi Forbes, 1892 Hawkins’ rail,, Giant rail (archaic) (used by Williams, 1962:17), Meho(-)nui Holocene (after 1835?) Pitt and Chatham Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Dryolimnas augusti
Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1999 Réunion (wood) rail 1674? Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             

Dryolimnas chekei

Hume, 2019 Sauzier's wood rail, Sauzier's wood-rail, Mauritius wood rail ? Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Dryolimnas cuvieri abbotti (Ridgway, 1894) Assumption white-throated rail, Abbott's white-throated rail 1908 Assumption Island, Seychelles Extinct Access
             
Dryolimnas cuvieri ssp. nov. ‘Astove and Cosmoledo’ -   1908 Astove and Cosmoledo, Seychelles Extinct Access
             
Dryolimnas cuvieri ssp. nov. 'Pleistocene Aldabra' -   Late Pleistocene Aldabra Extinct Access
             
Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards, 1874 Rodrigues rail, Leguat's rail, Leguat’s gelinote, Grey rail 1725-1726 Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Fulica chathamensis Forbes, 1892 Chatham Islands coot Holocene Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Fulica montanei Alarcón-Muñoz et al., 2020   Late Pleistocene Chile Extinct Access
             
Fulica newtoni Milne-Edwards, 1867 (1868?) Mascarene coot, Mauritius coot 1693 Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Fulica podagrica Brodkorb, 1965   Late Pleistocene Barbados Extinct Access
             
Fulica prisca Hamilton, 1893 New Zealand coot Holocene South Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Fulica shufeldti Brodkorb, 1964   Late Pleistocene Oregon, USA Extinct Access
             

Fulica sp. nov. 'Oahu'

- Oahu coot ? Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Gallinula brodkorbi McCoy, 1963   Late Pleistocene Florida, USA Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Gallinula hodgenorum (Scarlett, 1955) Hodgens' waterhen, New Zealand flightless gallinule, New Zealand native-hen c.1700 New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Gallinula mortierii reperta De Vis, 1888 Mainland native hen, Australian native hen Holocene Mainland Australia Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Gallinula nesiotis nesiotis Sclater, 1861 Tristan (Island) moorhen, Tristan Island gallinule, Tristan coot, Tristan cock, Island hen 25 May 1861 (collected); 1873 (sighting) Tristan da Cunha (=Tristan Island), South Atlantic Extinct Access
             
Gallinula sp. nov. 'Bermuda' - Bermuda gallinule ? Bermuda Extinct Access
             
Gallinula sp. nov. ''Eua' -   ? 'Eua, Tonga Extinct Access
             
?Gallinula sp. nov. 'Viti Levu' - Viti Levu gallinule   Viti Levu, Fiji Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus astolfoi Salvador, Anderson & Tennyson, 2021 Rapa rail Holocene Rapa Island (=Rapa Iti), French Polynesia Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus conditicius Peters & Griscom, 1928 Gilbert rail pre-1928 Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati (false) Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Gallirallus epulare Kirchman & Steadman, 2007 Nuku Hiva rail ? Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus ernstmayri Kirchman & Steadman, 2006 New Ireland rail ? New Ireland, Melanesia Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus gracilitibia Kirchman & Steadman, 2007 Ua Huka rail ?
Ua Huka, Marquesas
Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus huiatua Steadman, Worthy, Anderson, & Walter, 2000 Niue rail Holocene Nuie, Cook Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 New Caledonian rail, New Caledonian wood rail, n'dini (Layard), n'diou (Jouan) 1890 New Caledonia Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus minor Hamilton, 1892 Little weka Holocene South Island, New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Gallirallus pacificus Gmelin, 1789 Tahitian red-billed rail, Tahiti rail 1773 Mehetia & Tahiti, Windward group, Society Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus pendiculentus Kirchman & Steadman, 2006 Tinian rail ? Tinian, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus philippensis macquariensis Hutton, 1879 Macquarie Island rail March 1879 or 1880 Macquarie Island, New Zealand (Tasmania, Australia, politically) Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus philippensis ssp. nov. "Raoul Island" - Raoul Island rail 1870's Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus pisonii Kirchman & Steadman, 2006 Aguiguan rail ? Aguiguan, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus ripleyi Steadman, 1987 Mangaia(n) rail, Ripley's rail ? Mangaia, Cook Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus roletti Kirchman & Steadman, 2007 Tahuata rail ? Tahuata, Marquesas Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sharpei (Büttikofer, 1893) Sharpe’s rail pre-1866 Unknown (Indonesia?) Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Gallirallus steadmani Worthy & Bollt, 2011 Steadman's rail, Tubuai rail 1000 to 1450 AD Tubuai, Austral Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus storrsolsoni Kirchman & Steadman, 2006 Huahine rail 750 to 1250 AD Huahine, Leeward Islands, Society Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus temptatus Kirchman & Steadman, 2006 Rota rail ? Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus vekamatolu Kirchman & Steadman, 2005 'Eua rail ? 'Eua, Tonga Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus wakensis (Rothschild, 1903) Wake Island rail 1945 Wake Island & Wilkes Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus woodfordi woodfordi Ogilvie-Grant, 1889 Woodford's rail

?

Guadalcanal Rediscovered? Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Buka’
- Buka rail ? Buka, Solomon Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Ha’afeva’ - Ha'afeva rail ? Ha'afeva, Tonga Extinct Access
             

Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Hiva Oa’

- Hiva Oa rail ? Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. 'Lau Group' - Lau rail ? Lakeba, Aiwa Lailai & Aiwa Levu, Lau Group, Fiji Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Lifuka’ - Lifuka rail ? Lifuka, Tonga Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Marquesas’ - Hiva Oa rail ? Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Me’eti’a’ - Mehetia rail ? Me'eti'a, Society Islands Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Norfolk Island’ - Norfolk Island rail ? Norfolk Island, Australia Extinct Access
             
?Gallirallus sp. nov. 'poule pintade' -   ? Seychelles Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Rurutu’ - Rurutu rail late Holocene Rurutu, Austral Islands, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             

Gallirallus sp. nov. 'Ryukus'

- - ? Miyako, Ryukyus Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Saipan’ - Saipan rail ? Saipan, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
?Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Taongi’ - Bokak rail, Taongi rail ? Bokak Atoll (=Taongi Atoll), Marshall Islands) Extinct Access
             
Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Toga’ - Toga rail ? Toga, Vanuatu Extinct Access
             
Gymnocrex plumbeiventris intactus Sclater, 1869 Intact rail   Solomon Islands (New Ireland?) Extinct Access
             
Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) Blue-faced rail, Bald-faced rail, Schlegel's rail - Peleng & Sulawesi, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Habroptila wallacii Gray, 1860 Drummer rail, Wallace's rail, Invisible rail - Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Hovacrex roberti Andrews, 1897 Hova gallinule ? Madagascar Extinct Access
             
Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii Gray, 1843 Dieffenbach’s rail, Meriki or Moeriki (native language) 1840 Chatham Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Hypotaenidia hypoleucus Finsch & Hartlaub, 1867 Tongatapu rail 1777
Tongatapu, Tonga
Extinct Access
             
Hypotaenidia owstoni Rothschild, 1895 Guam rail 1987 Guam Extinct in the wild Access
             
Hypotaenidia poeciloptera Hartlaub, 1866 Bar-winged rail, Fiji barred-wing rail, Mbidi ? Fiji (Ovalau, Taveuni and Viti Levu) Extinct Access
             

Hypotaenidia sylvestris

(Sclater, 1870 "1869") Lord Howe woodhen, Lord Howe Island woodhen, Lord Howe (Island) rail - Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Formerly extinct in the wild Access
             
Hypotaenidia vavauensis Worthy & Burley, 2019 Vava'u rail subfossil (1793?) Vava'u, Tonga Extinct Access
             
cf. Hypotaenidia sp. nov. ‘Tongatapu’ -   ? Tongatapu, Tonga Extinct Access
             
Laterallus guti Brodkorb, 1952   Late Pleistocene Florida, USA Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Laterallus jamaicensis ssp. nov. - Jamaican black rail ? Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico Extinct Access
             
Laterallus xenopterus Conover, 1934 Rufous-faced crake - Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Leguatia gigantea Schlegel, 1857 Géant, Réunion stork 1708 Mauritius & Réunion, Mascarene Islands Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Lewinia muelleri
Rothschild, 1893 Auckland rail, Auckland Islands rail, Auckland Island rail - Auckland Islands, New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Lewinia pectoralis clelandi Mathews, 1911 Cleland's rail, Lewin's water rail, Lewin's rail (WA subspecies) December 1931 (specimen); October 1932 (sighting) south-west of Western Australia, Australia Missing Access
             
Lewinia pectoralis exsul Hartert, 1898 Flores Lewin's rail, Flores rail - Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia Relocated or rediscovered Access
             
Mundia elpenor Olson, 1973 Ascension flightless crake, Ascension rail, Ascension Island crake, Ascension crake 1656 Ascension Island, St. Helena Extinct Access
             
Nesoclopeus sp. nov. 'Lifuka' -   ? Lifuka, Tonga Extinct Access
             
Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore, 1918 Antillean cave rail, De Booy's rail ? Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Extinct Access
             
Nesotrochis picapicensis Fischer & Stephan, 1971 Cuban cave rail, Picapica rail, Pica-Pica’s rail, Gallinuela de Pica-Pica mid-Holocene Cuba Extinct Access
             
Nesotrochis steganinos Olson, 1974 Haitain cave rail, Haiti rail ? Haiti, Hispaniola Extinct Access
             
Ocydromus insignis Forbes, 1892   Holocene South Island, New Zealand Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Pareudiastes pacificus Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871 Samoan wood rail, Samoan woodrail, Samoan moorhen, Samoan gallinule, Punaé 1873 Savai[']i (& Opolu?), Samoa[n islands] Missing Access
             
Pareudiastes silvestris Mayr, 1933 Makira moorhen, San Cristóbal moorhen, Makira woodhen, San Cristóbal mountain rail, San Cristóbal wood hen 4 December 1929 (collected); 1953 (sighting) Makira (=San Cristóbal), Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands Missing Access
             
Pareudiastes sp. nov. 'Buka'     ? Buka, Solomon Islands Extinct Access
             
Pareudiastes sp. nov. 'Viti Levu'     ? Viti Levu, Fiji Extinct Access
             
Pennula millsi Dole, 1878   ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Porphyrio albus
Shaw, Smith & Hunter, 1790 Lord Howe Island swamphen, Lord Howe swamphen, White swamphen, White gallinule, Lord Howe gallinule 1790 Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio coerulescens Sélys-Longchamps, 1848 Réunion gallinule, Réunion blue gallinule, ‘Oiseau bleu’ 1724 Réunion, Mascarene Islands Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio hochstetteri Meyer, 1883 Takahē, Takahe, South Island takahē, South Island takahe, Notornis, Moho, Takahea (archaic) - South Island (historically) and North Island (prehistorically), both New Zealand Rediscovered Access
             
Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet & Olson, 1989 New Caledonian swamphen 2800–2500 calBP New Caleodnia Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio mantelli Owen, 1848 North Island takahe, N.I. takahe, mohoau, mōho, moho Holocene North Island, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio mcnabi Kirchman & Steadman, 2006 Huahine swamphen 700 to 1200 AD Huahine, Leeward Islands, Society Islands Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio paepae Steadman, 1988 Marquesas swamphen Holocene Hiva Oa and Tahuata, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Extinct Access
             

Porphyrio stanleyi

Rowley, 1875 - ? Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Porphyrio sp. nov. 'Buka'
- Buka swamphen ? Buka, Solomon Islands Extinct Access
             
?Porphyrio sp. nov. 'Mangaia' - Mangaia swamphen ? Mangaia, Cook Islands, New Zealand Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio sp. nov. 'New Ireland'
- Giant swamphen, New Ireland swamphen ? New Ireland, Melanesia Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio sp. nov. 'Norfolk Island' - Norfolk Island swamphen ? Norfolk Island, Australia Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio sp. nov. 'poule bleu' -   ? Seychelles Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio sp. nov. 'Rota' - Rota swamphen ? Rota, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
Porphyrio sp. nov. 'Tinian' - Tinian swamphen ? Tinian, Mariana Islands Extinct Access
             
Porzana cinerea brevipes
Ingram, 1911 Iwo Jima rail, Iwo-jima rail, Sulphur Island ashy crake, mamijiro kuina 1911 Iwo Jima (=Sulphur Island) (& San Augustino Island)?, Japan Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Porzana keplerorum Olson & James, 1991 Small Maui crake, Keplers' crake ? Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana menehune Olson & James, 1991 Liliput crake, Molokai crake, Small Molokai rail ? Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana pusilla mira Riley, 1938 Baillon's Crake (mira) 1912 Borneo Missing or invalid Access
             
Porzana ralphorum OIson & James, 1991 Great Oahu crake ? Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana rua Steadman, 1987 Mangaia crake ? Mangaia Cook Islands, New Zealand Missing Access
             
Porzana severnsi Olson & James, 1991 Great(er) Maui crake, Severns's crake, Maui rail Holocene Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana ziegleri Olson & James, 1991 Small O’ahu crake, Ziegler's crake ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. 'Aguiguan'
- Aguiguan crake ? Aguiguan, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Aiwa’ - Aiwa rail ?
Aiwa, Fiji
Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Big Island sp. #1’ - Small Big Island crake ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Big Island sp. #2’ - Great Big Island crake ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. 'Guam' -   ? Guam, Mariana Islands Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Huahine’ - Huahine crake ? Huahine, Society Islands In error? Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Kauai’ - Great Kauai crake ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Lisianski’ - Lisianski crake ? Lisianski, Hawaiian Islands Invalid? Access
             

Porzana sp. nov. ‘Malakula'

- Malakula crake, Malekula crake ? Malakula (=Malekula), Vanuatu Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Mangaia’ - Mangaia crake, Small Mangaian crake ? Mangaia, Cook Islands Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Maui’ - Medium Maui crake ? Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             

Porzana sp. nov. 'Nuku Hiva'

- Nuku Hiva crake ? Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Rapa Nui’ - Rapa Nui crake, Easter Island crake ? Rapa Nui (=Easter Island) Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Rota’ - Rota crake ? Rota, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Tinian’ - Tinian crake ? Tinian, Marianas Islands Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Ua Huka sp. #1’ -   ? Ua Huka, Marquesas Extinct Access
             
Porzana sp. nov. ‘Ua Huka sp. #2’ -   ? Ua Huka, Marquesas Extinct Access
             
Rallus adolfocaesaris
Alcover et al. 2015 Porto Santo rail ? Porto Santo (Island), Madeira (archipelago), North Atlantic Ocean Extinct Access
             
Rallus antarcticus King, 1828 Austral rail - Argentina & Chile Rediscovered Access
             
Rallus aquaticus hibernans Salomonsen, 1931   c.1965 Iceland Missing Access
             
Rallus carvaoensis Alcover et al. 2015 São Miguel rail ? São Miguel, Azores Extinct Access
             
Rallus cyanocavi Steadman, Morris & Wright, 2013   Late Pleistocene Abaco Island, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Rallus eivissensis McMinn, Palmer & Alcover, 2005 Ibiza rail Holocene Eivissa & Ibiza, Spain Extinct Access
             
Rallus gracilipes Takano & Steadman, 2018 Large Abaco flightless rail Late Pleistocene Abaco Islands, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Rallus limicola auffenbergi (Brodkorb, 1954)   Late Pleistocene Florida, USA Extinct Access
             
Rallus lowei Alcover et al. 2015 Madeira rail ? Madeira (island), Madeira (archipelago), North Atlantic Ocean Extinct Access
             
Rallus montivagorum Alcover et al. 2015 Pico rail Holocene Pico, Azores Extinct Access
             
Rallus nanus Alcover et al. 2016 São Jorge rail Holocene São Jorge, Azores Extinct Access
             
Rallus natator (Miller, 1942)   Late Pleistocene Mexico Extinct Access
             
Rallus recessus Olson & Wingate, 2001 Bermuda rail Late Pleistocene Bermuda Extinct Access
             
Rallus semiplumbeus peruvianus Taczanowski, 1886 Peruvian rail 1886 Peru Missing Access
             
Rallus wetmorei Zimmer & Phelps, 1944 Plain-flanked rail (rediscovered) Venezuela Rediscovered Access
             
Rallus sp. A - Graciosa rail Holocene Graciosa, Azores Extinct Access
             
Rallus sp. B - Terceira rail Holocene Terceira, Azores Extinct Access
             
Rallus sp. C - Santa Maria rail Holocene Santa Maria, Azores Extinct Access
             
Rallus sp. nov. 'Bahamas #1' -   Late Pleistocene Long Island, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Rallus sp. nov. 'Bahamas #2' -   Holocene Middle Caicos, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
Rallus sp. nov. 'Fernando de Noronha' - Fernando de Noronha rail ? Fernando de Noronha, Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Brazil Extinct Access
             
Vitirallus watlingi Worthy, 2004 Viti Levu rail Late Pleistocene or Holocene Viti Levu, Fiji Extinct Access
             
Zapornia astrictocarpus Olson, 1973 St. Helena rail, St. Helena crake >1502 AD? St. Helena Extinct Access
             
Zapornia monasa Kittlitz, 1858 Kittlitz's rail, Kosrae Island crake, Kusaie Island crake, Kusaie crake, Ponape crake, Kusaie Island crake December 1827 Kosrae (=Kusaie) (& Ponape?), Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia Extinct Access
             
Zapornia nigra (Miller, 1784) Miller's rail 1784 or later? Tahiti Extinct Access
             
Zapornia palmeri Frohawk, 1892 Laysan rail, Laysan crake, Spotless crake June 1944 Laysan Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Zapornia sandwichensis Gmelin, 1789 Hawaiian rail, Hawaiian crake, Sandwich rail 1860's-1880's Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
Zapornia sp. nov. 'Medium Kauai rail' - Medium Kauai crake, Medium Kauai rail ? Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA Extinct Access
             
RALLIDAE sp. nov. 'Bahamas #1' - - Late Pleistocene Eleuthera & Long Island, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
RALLIDAE sp. nov. 'Bahamas #2'
- - Holocene Middle Caicos, Bahamas Extinct Access
             
RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #1 - Barbados rail Late Pleistocene Barbados, West Indies Extinct Access
             
RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #2 -   ? Madeira, Portugal Extinct Access
             
RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #3 - Amsterdam Island rail ? Amsterdam Island Extinct Access
             
RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #4 'extinct Asian rail' -   1600's? Asia? Hypothetical Access
             
RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #5 'Tahitian (Mountain) "Goose"' -   ? Tahiti ? Access
             
RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #6 'Rapa Nui'
- Easter Island rail, Rapa Nui rail ? Rapa Nui (=Easter Island) Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Sarothruridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Sarothrura watersi (Bartlett, 1879) Slender-billed flufftail, Waters's flufftail, Waters's crake - Madagascar Rediscovered Access

 

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