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Name Every Gruiform

Gruiformes is the order that contains Gruidae, the cranes, Rallidae, rails and allies, Heliornithdae, the finfoots, Aramidae, the limpkin, Sarothruridae, the flufftails, and Psophiidae, the trumpeters. There are 193 species in all, how many can you name?
Only includes extant species
Taxonomy as of 2025
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Family
Genus
Species
Sarothruridae
Mentocrex
Madagascar Forest Rail
 
 
Tsingy Forest Rail
Sarothrura
White-spotted Flufftail
 
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Striped Flufftail
Madagascar Flufftail
White-winged Flufftail
Slender-billed Flufftail
Rallicula
Chestnut Forest Rail
 
White-striped Forest Rail
Forbes's Forest Rail
Mayr's Forest Rail
Rallidae
Rallus
Ridgway's Rail
 
 
Aztec Rail
Mangrove Rail
King Rail
Clapper Rail
Plain-flanked Rail
Virginia Rail
Ecuadorian Rail
Bogota Rail
Austral Rail
Water Rail
Brown-cheeked Rail
African Rail
Madagascar Rail
Dryolimnas
White-throated Rail
Crex
Corn Crake
Crecopsis
African Crake
Rougetius
Rouget's Rail
Aramidopsis
Snoring Rail
Lewinia
Slaty-breasted Rail
 
Luzon Rail
Lewin's Rail
Auckland Islands Rail
Gymnocrex
Blue-faced Rail
 
Bare-eyed Rail
Talaud Rail
Gallirallus
Calayan Rail
 
Invisible Rail
Chestnut Rail
Weka
New Caledonian Rail
Lord Howe Rail
Okinawa Rail
Buff-banded Rail
New Britain Rail
Woodford's Rail
Guam Rail
Barred Rail
Roviana Rail
Canirallus
Gray-throated Rail
Pardirallus
Spotted Rail
 
Blackish Rail
Plumbeous Rail
Mustelirallus
Ash-throated Crake
 
Zapata Rail
Colombian Crake
Paint-billed Crake
Amaurolimnas
Uniform Crake
Aramides
Giant Wood-Rail
 
Brown Wood-Rail
Little Wood-Rail
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Red-winged Wood-Rail
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
Tribonyx
Black-tailed Nativehen
 
Tasmanian Nativehen
Porphyriops
Spot-flanked Gallinule
Porzana
Sora
 
Spotted Crake
Australian Crake
Paragallinula
Lesser Moorhen
Gallinula
Makira Moorhen
 
Gough Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Common Gallinule
Dusky Moorhen
Samoan Moorhen
Fulica
Red-fronted Coot
Family
Genus
Species
 
 
Horned Coot
Giant Coot
Red-gartered Coot
Eurasian Coot
Red-knobbed Coot
Hawaiian Coot
American Coot
Slate-colored Coot
White-winged Coot
Porphyrio
Allen's Gallinule
 
Purple Gallinule
Azure Gallinule
Western Swamphen
Black-backed Swamphen
African Swamphen
South Island Takahe
Australasian Swamphen
Philippine Swamphen
Gray-headed Swamphen
Himantornis
Nkulengu Rail
Poliolimnas
White-browed Crake
Megacrex
New Guinea Flightless Rail
Gallicrex
Watercock
Amaurornis
Isabelline Bush-hen
 
Plain Bush-hen
White-breasted Waterhen
Talaud Bush-hen
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Aenigmatolimnas
Striped Crake
Rallina
Red-necked Crake
 
Andaman Crake
Red-legged Crake
Slaty-legged Crake
Zapornia
Ruddy-breasted Crake
 
Band-bellied Crake
Brown Crake
Black Crake
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Sakalava Rail
Black-tailed Crake
Henderson Island Crake
Spotless Crake
Rufirallus
Ocellated Crake
 
Russet-crowned Crake
Black-banded Crake
Red-and-white Crake
Rufous-faced Crake
Anurolimnas
Chestnut-headed Crake
Coturnicops
Swinhoe's Rail
 
Yellow Rail
Laterallus
Inaccessible Island Rail
 
Speckled Rail
Yellow-breasted Crake
Rusty-flanked Crake
Rufous-sided Crake
Ruddy Crake
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Galapagos Rail
Black Rail
Dot-winged Crake
Heliornithidae
Podica
African Finfoot
 
Heliopais
Masked Finfoot
Heliornis
Sungrebe
Aramidae
Aramus
Limpkin
Psophiidae
Psophia
Gray-winged Trumpeter
 
 
Pale-winged Trumpeter
Dark-winged Trumpeter
Gruidae
Balearica
Gray Crowned-Crane
 
 
Black Crowned-Crane
Anthropoides
Demoiselle Crane
 
Blue Crane
Bugeranus
Wattled Crane
Leucogeranus
Siberian Crane
Antigone
Sandhill Crane
 
Sarus Crane
Brolga
White-naped Crane
Grus
Common Crane
 
Hooded Crane
Whooping Crane
Black-necked Crane
Red-crowned Crane
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