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'
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- | - | 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 | |
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RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #6 'Rapa Nui'
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- | 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 |