Rallidae

Translingual

Rallus aquaticus

Etymology

Rallus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Rallidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Gruiformes – 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

• (family): Aenigmatolimnas, Amaurolimnas, Amaurornis, Anurolimnas, Aramides, Aramidopsis, Cabalus, Canirallus, Coturnicops, Crecopsis, Crex, Cyanolimnas, Dryolimnas, Eulabeornis, Fulica, Gallicrex, Gallinula, Gallirallus, Gymnocrex, Habroptila, Himantornis, Hypotaenidia, Laterallus, Lewinia, Megacrex, Micropygia, Mustelirallus, Neocrex, Paragallinula, Pardirallus, Poliolimnas, Porphyrio, Porphyriops, Porzana, Rallina, Rallus, Rougetius, Rufirallus, Tribonyx, Zapornia - extant genera

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