Birds of the World
Order: Gruiformes

Family Eurypygidae
Sunbittern

Sunbittern

(Eurypyga helias)

Family Otididae
Bustards

Little Bustard		(Tetrax tetrax)
Great Bustard		(Otis tarda)
Stanley Bustard		(Neotis denhami)
Ludwig's Bustard		(Neotis ludwigii)
Nubian Bustard		(Neotis nuba)
Heuglin's Bustard		(Neotis heuglinii)
Arabian Bustard		(Ardeotis arabs)
Kori Bustard		(Ardeotis kori)
Indian Bustard		(Ardeotis nigriceps)
Australian Bustard		(Ardeotis australis)
Houbara Bustard		(Chlamydotis undulata)
Savile's Bustard		(Eupodotis savilei)
Buff-crested Bustard		(Eupodotis gindiana)
Red-crested Bustard		(Eupodotis ruficrista)
White-quilled Bustard		(Eupodotis afraoides)
Black Bustard		(Eupodotis afra)
Rueppell's Bustard		(Eupodotis rueppellii)
Karoo Bustard		(Eupodotis vigorsii)
Little Brown Bustard		(Eupodotis humilis)
White-bellied Bustard		(Eupodotis senegalensis)
Blue Bustard		(Eupodotis caerulescens)
Black-bellied Bustard		(Eupodotis melanogaster)
Hartlaub's Bustard		(Eupodotis hartlaubii)
Bengal Florican		(Eupodotis bengalensis)
Lesser Florican		(Eupodotis indica)

Family Gruidae
Crowned-Cranes

Black Crowned-Crane		(Balearica pavonina)
Grey Crowned-Crane		(Balearica regulorum)

Siberian Crane		(Grus leucogeranus)
Sarus Crane		(Grus antigone)
Brolga		(Grus rubicunda)
White-naped Crane		(Grus vipio)
Sandhill Crane		(Grus canadensis)
Demoiselle Crane		(Grus virgo)
Blue Crane		(Grus paradisea)
Wattled Crane		(Grus carunculatus)
Common Crane		(Grus grus)
Hooded Crane		(Grus monacha)
Whooping Crane		(Grus americana)
Black-necked Crane		(Grus nigricollis)
Red-crowned Crane		(Grus japonensis)

Family Aramidae
Limpkin

Limpkin

(Aramus guarauna)

Family Heliornithidae
Sungrebes

African Finfoot		(Podica senegalensis)
Masked Finfoot		(Heliopais personata)
Sungrebe		(Heliornis fulica)

Family Psophiidae
Trumpeters

Grey-winged Trumpeter		(Psophia crepitans)
Pale-winged Trumpeter		(Psophia leucoptera)
Dark-winged Trumpeter		(Psophia viridis)

Family Cariamidae
Seriemas

Red-legged Seriema		(Cariama cristata)
Black-legged Seriema		(Chunga burmeisteri)

Family Rhynochetidae
Kagu

Kagu

(Rhynochetos jubatus)

Family Rallidae
Rails

White-spotted Flufftail		(Sarothrura pulchra)
Buff-spotted Flufftail		(Sarothrura elegans)
Red-chested Flufftail		(Sarothrura rufa)
Chestnut-headed Flufftail		(Sarothrura lugens)
Streaky-breasted Flufftail		(Sarothrura boehmi)
Striped Flufftail		(Sarothrura affinis)
Madagascar Flufftail		(Sarothrura insularis)
White-winged Flufftail		(Sarothrura ayresi)
Slender-billed Flufftail		(Sarothrura watersi)
Nkulengu Rail		(Himantornis haematopus)
Grey-throated Rail		(Canirallus oculeus)
Kioloides Rail		(Canirallus kioloides)
Swinhoe's Rail		(Coturnicops exquisitus)
Yellow Rail		(Coturnicops noveboracensis)
Speckled Rail		(Coturnicops notatus)
Ocellated Crake		(Micropygia schomburgkii)
Chestnut Forest-Rail		(Rallina rubra)
White-striped Forest-Rail		(Rallina leucospila)
Forbes's Forest-Rail		(Rallina forbesi)
Mayr's Forest-Rail		(Rallina mayri)
Red-necked Crake		(Rallina tricolor)
Andaman Crake		(Rallina canningi)
Red-legged Crake		(Rallina fasciata)
Slaty-legged Crake		(Rallina eurizonoides)
Chestnut-headed Crake		(Anurolimnas castaneiceps)
Russet-crowned Crake		(Anurolimnas viridis)
Black-banded Crake		(Anurolimnas fasciatus)
Rufous-sided Crake		(Laterallus melanophaius)
Rusty-flanked Crake		(Laterallus levraudi)
Ruddy Crake		(Laterallus ruber)
White-throated Crake		(Laterallus albigularis)
Grey-breasted Crake		(Laterallus exilis)
Black Rail		(Laterallus jamaicensis)
Galapagos Rail		(Laterallus spilonotus)
Red-and-white Crake		(Laterallus leucopyrrhus)
Rufous-faced Crake		(Laterallus xenopterus)
Woodford's Rail		(Nesoclopeus woodfordi)
Bar-winged Rail		(Nesoclopeus poecilopterus)
Weka		(Gallirallus australis)
New Caledonian Rail		(Gallirallus lafresnayanus)
Lord Howe Rail		(Gallirallus sylvestris)
Gilbert Rail		(Gallirallus conditicius)
Okinawa Rail		(Gallirallus okinawae)
Barred Rail		(Gallirallus torquatus)
New Britain Rail		(Gallirallus insignis)
Buff-banded Rail		(Gallirallus philippensis)
Roviana Rail		(Gallirallus rovianae)
Guam Rail		(Gallirallus owstoni)
Wake Island Rail		(Gallirallus wakensis)
Tahiti Rail		(Gallirallus pacificus)
Dieffenbach's Rail		(Gallirallus dieffenbachii)
Chatham Islands Rail		(Gallirallus modestus)
Sharpe's Rail		(Gallirallus sharpei)
Slaty-breasted Rail		(Gallirallus striatus)
Clapper Rail		(Rallus longirostris)
King Rail		(Rallus elegans)
Plain-flanked Rail		(Rallus wetmorei)
Virginia Rail		(Rallus limicola)
Bogota Rail		(Rallus semiplumbeus)
Austral Rail		(Rallus antarcticus)
Water Rail		(Rallus aquaticus)
Kaffir Rail		(Rallus caerulescens)
Madagascar Rail		(Rallus madagascariensis)
Brown-banded Rail		(Lewinia mirificus)
Lewin's Rail		(Lewinia pectoralis)
Auckland Islands Rail		(Lewinia muelleri)
White-throated Rail		(Dryolimnas cuvieri)
African Crake		(Crecopsis egregia)
Corn Crake		(Crex crex)
Rouget's Rail		(Rougetius rougetii)
Snoring Rail		(Aramidopsis plateni)
Inaccessible Island Rail		(Atlantisia rogersi)
Little Wood-Rail		(Aramides mangle)
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail		(Aramides axillaris)
Grey-necked Wood-Rail		(Aramides cajanea)
Brown Wood-Rail		(Aramides wolfi)
Giant Wood-Rail		(Aramides ypecaha)
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail		(Aramides saracura)
Red-winged Wood-Rail		(Aramides calopterus)
Uniform Crake		(Amaurolimnas concolor)
Bald-faced Rail		(Gymnocrex rosenbergii)
Bare-eyed Rail		(Gymnocrex plumbeiventris)
Brown Crake		(Amaurornis akool)
Bush-hen		(Amaurornis olivaceus)
Isabelline Waterhen		(Amaurornis isabellinus)
Rufous-tailed Waterhen		(Amaurornis moluccanus)
White-breasted Waterhen		(Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Black Crake		(Amaurornis flavirostra)
Sakalava Rail		(Amaurornis olivieri)
Black-tailed Crake		(Amaurornis bicolor)
Little Crake		(Porzana parva)
Baillon's Crake		(Porzana pusilla)
Laysan Crake		(Porzana palmeri)
Spotted Crake		(Porzana porzana)
Australian Crake		(Porzana fluminea)
Sora		(Porzana carolina)
Dot-winged Crake		(Porzana spiloptera)
Ash-throated Crake		(Porzana albicollis)
Hawaiian Crake		(Porzana sandwichensis)
Ruddy-breasted Crake		(Porzana fusca)
Band-bellied Crake		(Porzana paykullii)
Spotless Crake		(Porzana tabuensis)
Kosrae Crake		(Porzana monasa)
Henderson Island Crake		(Porzana atra)
Yellow-breasted Crake		(Porzana flaviventer)
White-browed Crake		(Porzana cinerea)
Striped Crake		(Aenigmatolimnas marginalis)
Zapata Rail		(Cyanolimnas cerverai)
Colombian Crake		(Neocrex colombianus)
Paint-billed Crake		(Neocrex erythrops)
Spotted Rail		(Pardirallus maculatus)
Blackish Rail		(Pardirallus nigricans)
Plumbeous Rail		(Pardirallus sanguinolentus)
Chestnut Rail		(Eulabeornis castaneoventris)
Invisible Rail		(Habroptila wallacii)
New Guinea Flightless Rail		(Megacrex inepta)
Watercock		(Gallicrex cinerea)
Purple Swamphen		(Porphyrio porphyrio)
Lord Howe Island Swamphen		(Porphyrio albus)
Takahe		(Porphyrio mantelli)
Allen's Gallinule		(Porphyrio alleni)
Purple Gallinule		(Porphyrio martinicus)
Azure Gallinule		(Porphyrio flavirostris)
Samoan Moorhen		(Gallinula pacifica)
San Cristobal Moorhen		(Gallinula silvestris)
Tristan Moorhen		(Gallinula nesiotis)
Common Moorhen		(Gallinula chloropus)
Dusky Moorhen		(Gallinula tenebrosa)
Lesser Moorhen		(Gallinula angulata)
Spot-flanked Gallinule		(Gallinula melanops)
Black-tailed Native-hen		(Gallinula ventralis)
Tasmanian Native-hen		(Gallinula mortierii)
Red-knobbed Coot		(Fulica cristata)
Common Coot		(Fulica atra)
Hawaiian Coot		(Fulica alai)
American Coot		(Fulica americana)
Caribbean Coot		(Fulica caribaea)
White-winged Coot		(Fulica leucoptera)
Slate-colored Coot		(Fulica ardesiaca)
Red-gartered Coot		(Fulica armillata)
Red-fronted Coot		(Fulica rufifrons)
Giant Coot		(Fulica gigantea)
Horned Coot		(Fulica cornuta)

Family Mesitornithidae
Mesites

White-breasted Mesite		(Mesitornis variegata)
Brown Mesite		(Mesitornis unicolor)
Subdesert Mesite		(Monias benschi)