Rallidae
Translingual
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Rallus aquaticus
Etymology
Rallus + -idae
Proper noun
Rallidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Gruiformes – the rails, crakes and coots.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Gruiformes - order
Hyponyms
list of genera
- Aenigmatolimnas
- Amaurolimnas
- Amaurornis
- Anurolimnas
- Aramides
- Aramidopsis
- Atlantisia
- Canirallus (now in Sarothruridae)
- Coturnicops
- Crecopsis
- Crex
- Cyanolimnas
- Dryolimnas
- Eulabeornis
- Fulica
- Gallicrex
- Gallinula
- Gallirallus
- Gymnocrex
- Habroptila
- Himantornis
- Laterallus
- Lewinia
- Megacrex
- Micropygia
- Neocrex
- Nesoclopeus
- Pardirallus
- Porphyrio
- Porphyrula
- Porzana
- Rallina
- Rallus
- Rougetius
- Sarothrura
- Tribonyx
References
Rallidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Rallidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Rallidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons- Rallidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN