Rallidae

Amaurornis phoenicurus Photo by M.V. Sheeram (Flickr) Common name:white-breasted waterhen (en); franga-d’água-de-peito-branco (pt); râle à poitrine blanche (fr); gallineta pechiblanca (es); weißbrust-kielralle (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:This Asian species is found from Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, across India and southern China and as far east as Japan and as far south as southern Indonesia.Size:These birds are 28-33 cm…

Porzana carolina Photo by Joseph Kennedy (Science Blogs) Common name:sora (en); franga-d’água-americana (pt); marouette de Caroline (fr); polluela sora (es); Carolinasumpfhuhn (de)Taxonomy:Order GruiformesFamily RallidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of North America, breeding from south-eastern Alaska to Newfoundland and south to California, Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico. Some population migrate south to winter from Mexico, through…

Rallus caerulescens Photo by Callie de Wet (Oiseaux) Common name: African rail (en); frango-d’água-africano (pt); râle bleuâtre (fr); rascón cafre (es); Kapralle (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Rallidae Range: This African species is occurs from Ethiopia, south through Uganda, Kenya, southern D.R. Congo, Tanzania, eastern Angola and Zambia, and into Namibia, northern Botswana, southern Mozambique…

Fulica alai Photo by Caleb Slemmons (Forestry Images) Common name: Hawaian coot (en); galeirão-do-Hawai (pt); foulque des Hawaï (fr); focha hawaiana (es); Hawaiibläßhuhn (de) Taxonomy: Order Gruiformes Family Rallidae Range: This species is endemic to the Hawaiian islands, where it is found on all the main islands except Kaho’olawe. Size: The Hawaian coot is 33-41…