Rallidae

Translingual

Rallus aquaticus

Etymology

Rallus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Rallidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Gruiformes – rails, crakes, coots, etc.

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

• (family): Rallus (rails) - type genus; Aenigmatolimnas (striped crake), Amaurolimnas (uniform crake), Amaurornis, Anurolimnas (crakes), Aramides (rails), Aramidopsis (snoring rail), Cabalus (New Caledonian rail), Canirallus (grey-throated rail), Coturnicops, Crecopsis (African crake), Crex (crakes), Cyanolimnas (syn. of Mustelirallus), Dryolimnas (white-throated rail), Eulabeornis (chestnut rail), Fulica (coots), Gallicrex (watercock), Gallinula (moorhens), Gallirallus (rails), Gymnocrex (rails), Habroptila (invisible rail), Himantornis (Nkulengu rail), Hypotaenidia (rails etc.), Laterallus (crakes), Lewinia (rails), Megacrex (New Guinea flightless rail), Micropygia (ocellated crake), Mustelirallus (crakes etc.), Neocrex (crakes), Paragallinula (lesser moorhen), Pardirallus (rails), Poliolimnas (white-browed crake), Porphyrio (swamphens), Porphyriops (spot-flanked gallinule), Porzana (crakes), Rallina (crakes), Rougetius (Rouget's rail), Rufirallus (crakes), Tribonyx (rails), Zapornia (crakes) - other extant genera

References

• Rallidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rallidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category: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