Rallidae

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<==Rallidae
   |  i. s.: Capellirallus karamu Falla 1954
   |         Pleistorallus flemingi
   |         Atlantisia rogersi
   |         Gymnocrex rosenbergii
   |         Nesotrochis debooyi
   |         Porphyriornis comeri
   |         Gallicrex cinerea
   |         Aramides
   |           |--A. saracura
   |           `--A. ypecaha (Vieillot 1819)
   |         Palaeorallus troxelli
   |         Telmatornis
   |         Cyanolimnas cerverai
   |         Aramidopsis plateni
   |         Nesophylax ater
   |         Tricholimnas lafresnayanus
   |         Nesoclopeus poeciloptera
   |         Porzanula palmeri
   |         Pennula sandwichensis
   |         Aphanolimnas monasa
   |         Pareudiastes pacificus
   |         Crecopsis egregia
   |         Cabalus Hutton 1874
   |           `--*C. modestus (Hutton 1872) [=Rallus modestus, Gallirallus modestus]
   |         Diaphorapteryx Forbes 1892
   |           `--D. hawkinsi (Forbes 1892) [=Aphanapteryx hawkinsi]
   |         Poliolimnas cinereus
   |           |--P. c. cinereus
   |           `--P. c. brevipes (Ingram 1911)
   |         Aphanapteryx
   |           |--A. bonasia
   |           `--A. leguati [=Erythromachus leguati]
   |         Porphyrula
   |           |--P. alleni
   |           `--P. martinica
   |         Coturnicops
   |           |--C. exquisita
   |           `--C. noveboracensis
   |         Dryolimnas
   |           |--D. cuvieri
   |           |    |--D. c. cuvieri
   |           |    `--D. c. aldabranus
   |           |--D. muelleri (Rothschild 1893) [=Rallus pectoralis muelleri]
   |           `--D. pectoralis [=Rallus pectoralis]
   |         Eulabeornis
   |           |--E. castaneoventris
   |           |--E. plumbeiventris
   |           `--E. rosenbergii
   |         Rallina
   |           |--R. canningi
   |           |--R. eurizonoides
   |           |    |--R. e. eurizonoides
   |           |    `--R. e. sepiaria (Stejneger 1887)
   |           |--R. fasciata
   |           |--R. paykullii
   |           `--R. tricolor
   |         Amaurornis
   |           |--A. akool
   |           |    |--A. a. akool
   |           |    `--A. a. coccineipes
   |           |--A. bicolor
   |           |--A. isabellinus
   |           |--A. moluccanus
   |           |--A. olivaceus
   |           `--A. phoenicurus
   |         Habroptila wallacei
   |         Laterallus albigularis
   |         Limnocorax
   |         Pardirallus
   |         Porphyriops
   |--Himantornis Hartlaub 1855 [Himantornithinae]
   |--Fulica Linnaeus 1758 [incl. Nesophalaris, Palaeolimnas; Fulicinae]
   |    |--F. americana
   |    |--F. atra
   |    |    |--F. a. atra
   |    |    `--F. a. australis Gould 1845
   |    |--F. chathamensis Forbes 1892
   |    |--F. cornuta
   |    |--F. cristata
   |    |--F. leucoptera
   |    |--F. newtoni
   |    `--F. prisca Hamilton 1893 [=F. chathamensis prisca]
   `--Rallinae
        |--Rallus
        |--Porphyrio
        |--Gallirallus
        |--Porzana
        |--Sarothrura Heine 1890 [Sarothrurinae]
        |--Crex Bechstein 1803 [incl. Ortygometra Forster 1817; Crecinae, Ortygometrinae]
        |    `--*C. crex
        |--Tribonyx DuBus 1840 [Tribonychinae]
        |    |--T. mortieri
        |    `--T. ventralis
        `--Gallinula Brisson 1760 [incl. Pyramida Oliver 1955; Gallinulinae]
             |--G. chloropus
             |    |--G. c. chloropus
             |    `--G. c. guami
             |--G. hodgenorum (Scarlett 1955) (see below for synonymy)
             |--G. tenebrosa Gould 1846
             `--G. ventralis Gould 1837

Inorganic: Gallinula chloropus minilorientalis Okamura 1987

Gallinula hodgenorum (Scarlett 1955) [=Capellirallus hodgeni (l. c.), Gallinula (Tribonyx) hodgeni (l. c.), *Pyramida hodgeni (l. c.); incl. Gallirallus hartreei Scarlett 1970]

* Type species of generic name indicated

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