Typical Rails
Rallus
Rallus is a genus of wetland birds of the rail family. Sometimes, the genera Lewinia and Gallirallus are included in it. Six of the species are found in the Americas, and the three species found in Eurasia, Africa and Madagascar are very closely related to each other, suggesting they are descended from a single invasion of a New World ancestor.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Water Rail
speciesRallus aquaticus
Virginia Rail
speciesRallus limicola
Clapper Rail
speciesRallus crepitans
Ridgway's Rail
speciesRallus obsoletus
King Rail
speciesRallus elegans
Brown-cheeked Rail
speciesRallus indicus
African Rail
speciesRallus caerulescens
Aztec Rail
speciesRallus tenuirostris
Mangrove Rail
speciesRallus longirostris
Bogotá Rail
speciesRallus semiplumbeus
Ecuadorian rail
speciesRallus aequatorialis
Madagascar Rail
speciesRallus madagascariensis
King × Clapper Rail
hybridRallus elegans × crepitans
Austral Rail
speciesRallus antarcticus
Plain-flanked Rail
speciesRallus wetmorei
Lesser Bermuda Rail
speciesRallus ibycus
Ibiza Rail
speciesRallus eivissensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 212.