#family_Rallidae__Rallidae rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
supertype: bird_family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member of: order_Gruiformes
member: rail.wading_bird any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
member: genus_Gallirallus__Gallirallus rails of New Zealand
member: weka__maori_hen__maorihen__wood_hen flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
member: genus_Crex__Crex corncrakes
member: corncrake__land_rail__Crex_crex common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
member: genus_Porzana__Porzana spotted crakes
member: spotted_crake__spottedcrake__Porzana_porzana Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes
member: genus_Gallinula__Gallinula gallinules
member: gallinule__marsh_hen__marshhen__water_hen__waterhen__swamphen any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
member: Florida_gallinule__Gallinula_chloropus_cachinnans North American dark bluish-gray gallinule
member: Gallinula_chloropus__moorhen black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
member: genus_Porphyrio__Porphyrio Old World purple gallinules
member: genus_Porphyrula__Porphyrula American purple gallinules
member: American_gallinule__Porphyrula_martinica American purple gallinule
member: genus_Notornis a genus of Rallidae
member: notornis__takahe__Notornis_mantelli flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
member: genus_Fulica__Fulica coots
member: coot slaty-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
member: American_coot__marsh_hen__marshhen__mud_hen__mudhen__water_hen__waterhen__Fulica_americana North American coot
member: Old_World_coot__Fulica_atra Eurasian coot
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