| IOC English Name |
Scientific Name |
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ORDER GRUIFORMES |
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Bustards |
Family Otidae |
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| Great Bustard |
Otis tarda |
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| Arabian Bustard |
Ardeotis arabs |
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| Kori Bustard |
Ardeotis kori |
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| Great Indian Bustard |
Ardeotis nigriceps |
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| Australian Bustard |
Ardeotis australis |
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| Houbara Bustard |
Chlamydotis undulata |
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| Macqueen's Bustard |
Chlamydotis macqueenii |
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| Ludwig's Bustard |
Neotis ludwigii |
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| Denham's Bustard |
Neotis denhami |
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| Heuglin's Bustard |
Neotis heuglinii |
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| Nubian Bustard |
Neotis nuba |
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| White-bellied Bustard |
Eupodotis senegalensis |
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| Barrow's Korhaan |
Eupodotis barrowii |
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| Blue Korhaan |
Eupodotis caerulescens |
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| Karoo Korhaan |
Eupodotis vigorsii |
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| Rüppell's Korhaan |
Eupodotis rueppellii |
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| Little Brown Bustard |
Eupodotis humilis |
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| Savile's Bustard |
Lophotis savilei |
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| Buff-crested Bustard |
Lophotis gindiana |
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| Red-crested Korhaan |
Lophotis ruficrista |
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| Southern Black Korhaan |
Afrotis afra |
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| Northern Black Korhaan |
Afrotis afraoides |
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| Black-bellied Bustard |
Lissotis melanogaster |
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| Hartlaub's Bustard |
Lissotis hartlaubii |
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| Bengal Florican |
Houbaropsis bengalensis |
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| Lesser Florican |
Sypheotides indica |
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| Little Bustard |
Tetrax tetrax |
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Mesites |
Family Mesitornithidae |
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| White-breasted Mesite |
Mesitornis variegatus |
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| Brown Mesite |
Mesitornis unicolor |
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| Subdesert Mesite |
Monias benschi |
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Seriemas |
Family Cariamidae |
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| Red-legged Seriema |
Cariama cristata |
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| Black-legged Seriema |
Chunga burmeisteri |
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Kagu |
Family Rhynochetidae |
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| Kagu |
Rhynochetos jubatus |
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Sunbittern |
Family Eurypygidae |
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| Sunbittern |
Eurypyga helias |
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Flufftails |
Family Sarothruridae |
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| White-spotted Flufftail |
Sarothrura pulchra |
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| Buff-spotted Flufftail |
Sarothrura elegans |
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| Red-chested Flufftail |
Sarothrura rufa |
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| Chestnut-headed Flufftail |
Sarothrura lugens |
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| Streaky-breasted Flufftail |
Sarothrura boehmi |
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| Striped Flufftail |
Sarothrura affinis |
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| Madagascar Flufftail |
Sarothrura insularis |
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| White-winged Flufftail |
Sarothrura ayresi |
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| Slender-billed Flufftail |
Sarothrura watersi |
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Rails, Crakes & Coots |
Family Rallidae |
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| Nkulengu Rail |
Himantornis haematopus |
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| Grey-throated Rail |
Canirallus oculeus |
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| Madagascar Wood Rail |
Canirallus kioloides |
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| Swinhoe's Rail |
Coturnicops exquisitus |
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| Yellow Rail |
Coturnicops noveboracensis |
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| Speckled Crake |
Coturnicops notatus |
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| Ocellated Crake |
Micropygia schomburgkii |
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| Chestnut Forest Crake |
Rallina rubra |
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| White-striped Forest Crake |
Rallina leucospila |
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| Forbes's Forest Crake |
Rallina forbesi |
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| Mayr's Forest Crake |
Rallina mayri |
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| Red-necked Crake |
Rallina tricolor |
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| Andaman Crake |
Rallina canningi |
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| Red-legged Crake |
Rallina fasciata |
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| Slaty-legged Crake |
Rallina eurizonoides |
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| Chestnut-headed Crake |
Anurolimnas castaneiceps |
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| Russet-crowned Crake |
Laterallus viridis |
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| Black-banded Crake |
Laterallus fasciatus |
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| Rufous-sided Crake |
Laterallus melanophaius |
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| Rusty-flanked Crake |
Laterallus levraudi |
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| Ruddy Crake |
Laterallus ruber |
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| White-throated Crake |
Laterallus albigularis |
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| Grey-breasted Crake |
Laterallus exilis |
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| Black Rail |
Laterallus jamaicensis |
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| Junin Crake |
Laterallus tuerosi |
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| Galapagos Crake |
Laterallus spilonotus |
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| Red-and-white Crake |
Laterallus leucopyrrhus |
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| Rufous-faced Crake |
Laterallus xenopterus |
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| Bar-winged Rail |
Nesoclopeus poecilopterus |
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| Woodford's Rail |
Nesoclopeus woodfordi |
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| Weka |
Gallirallus australis |
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| Calayan Rail |
Gallirallus calayanensis |
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| New Caledonian Rail |
Gallirallus lafresnayanus |
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| Lord Howe Woodhen |
Gallirallus sylvestris |
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| Okinawa Rail |
Gallirallus okinawae |
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| Barred Rail |
Gallirallus torquatus |
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| Pink-legged Rail |
Gallirallus insignis |
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| Buff-banded Rail |
Gallirallus philippensis |
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| Guam Rail |
Gallirallus owstoni |
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| Roviana Rail |
Gallirallus rovianae |
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| Slaty-breasted Rail |
Gallirallus striatus |
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| Clapper Rail |
Rallus longirostris |
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| King Rail |
Rallus elegans |
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| Plain-flanked Rail |
Rallus wetmorei |
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| Virginia Rail |
Rallus limicola |
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| Ecuadorian Rail |
Rallus aequatorialis |
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| Bogota Rail |
Rallus semiplumbeus |
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| Austral Rail |
Rallus antarcticus |
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| Water Rail |
Rallus aquaticus |
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| African Rail |
Rallus caerulescens |
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| Madagascar Rail |
Rallus madagascariensis |
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| Brown-banded Rail |
Lewinia mirifica |
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| Lewin's Rail |
Lewinia pectoralis |
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| Auckland Rail |
Lewinia muelleri |
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| White-throated Rail |
Dryolimnas cuvieri |
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| African Crake |
Crex egregia |
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| Corn Crake |
Crex crex |
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| Rouget's Rail |
Rougetius rougetii |
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| Snoring Rail |
Aramidopsis plateni |
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| Inaccessible Island Rail |
Atlantisia rogersi |
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| Little Wood Rail |
Aramides mangle |
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| Rufous-necked Wood Rail |
Aramides axillaris |
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| Grey-necked Wood Rail |
Aramides cajanea |
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| Brown Wood Rail |
Aramides wolfi |
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| Giant Wood Rail |
Aramides ypecaha |
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| Slaty-breasted Wood Rail |
Aramides saracura |
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| Red-winged Wood Rail |
Aramides calopterus |
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| Uniform Crake |
Amaurolimnas concolor |
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| Blue-faced Rail |
Gymnocrex rosenbergii |
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| Talaud Rail |
Gymnocrex talaudensis |
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| Bare-eyed Rail |
Gymnocrex plumbeiventris |
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| Brown Bush-hen |
Amaurornis akool |
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| Isabelline Bush-hen |
Amaurornis isabellina |
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| Plain Bush-hen |
Amaurornis olivacea |
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| Talaud Bush-hen |
Amaurornis magnirostris |
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| White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
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| Black Crake |
Amaurornis flavirostra |
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| Sakalava Rail |
Amaurornis olivieri |
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| Black-tailed Crake |
Porzana bicolor |
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| Little Crake |
Porzana parva |
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| Baillon's Crake |
Porzana pusilla |
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| Spotted Crake |
Porzana porzana |
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| Australian Crake |
Porzana fluminea |
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| Sora |
Porzana carolina |
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| Dot-winged Crake |
Porzana spiloptera |
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| Ash-throated Crake |
Porzana albicollis |
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| Ruddy-breasted Crake |
Porzana fusca |
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| Band-bellied Crake |
Porzana paykullii |
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| Spotless Crake |
Porzana tabuensis |
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| Red-eyed Crake |
Porzana atra |
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| Yellow-breasted Crake |
Porzana flaviventer |
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| White-browed Crake |
Porzana cinerea |
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| Striped Crake |
Aenigmatolimnas marginalis |
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| Zapata Rail |
Cyanolimnas cerverai |
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| Colombian Crake |
Neocrex colombiana |
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| Paint-billed Crake |
Neocrex erythrops |
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| Spotted Rail |
Pardirallus maculatus |
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| Blackish Rail |
Pardirallus nigricans |
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| Plumbeous Rail |
Pardirallus sanguinolentus |
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| Chestnut Rail |
Eulabeornis castaneoventris |
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| Invisible Rail |
Habroptila wallacii |
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| Papuan Flightless Rail |
Megacrex inepta |
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| Watercock |
Gallicrex cinerea |
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| Purple Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
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| African Swamphen |
Porphyrio madagascariensis |
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| Takahe |
Porphyrio hochstetteri |
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| Allen's Gallinule |
Porphyrio alleni |
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| Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio martinicus |
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| Azure Gallinule |
Porphyrio flavirostris |
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| Makira Woodhen |
Gallinula silvestris |
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| Tristan Gallinule |
Gallinula nesiotis |
TAX (1) |
| Gough Gallinule |
Gallinula comeri |
AS (2) |
| Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
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| Dusky Moorhen |
Gallinula tenebrosa |
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| Lesser Moorhen |
Gallinula angulata |
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| Spot-flanked Gallinule |
Gallinula melanops |
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| Black-tailed Nativehen |
Gallinula ventralis |
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| Tasmanian Nativehen |
Gallinula mortierii |
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| Red-knobbed Coot |
Fulica cristata |
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| Eurasian Coot |
Fulica atra |
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| Hawaiian Coot |
Fulica alai |
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| American Coot |
Fulica americana |
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| Caribbean Coot |
Fulica caribaea |
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| White-winged Coot |
Fulica leucoptera |
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| Andean Coot |
Fulica ardesiaca |
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| Red-gartered Coot |
Fulica armillata |
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| Red-fronted Coot |
Fulica rufifrons |
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| Giant Coot |
Fulica gigantea |
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| Horned Coot |
Fulica cornuta |
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Finfoots |
Family Heliornithidae |
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| African Finfoot |
Podica senegalensis |
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| Masked Finfoot |
Heliopais personatus |
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| Sungrebe |
Heliornis fulica |
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Trumpeters |
Family Psophiidae |
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| Grey-winged Trumpeter |
Psophia crepitans |
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| Pale-winged Trumpeter |
Psophia leucoptera |
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| Dark-winged Trumpeter |
Psophia viridis |
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Cranes |
Family Gruidae |
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| Grey Crowned Crane |
Balearica regulorum |
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| Black Crowned Crane |
Balearica pavonina |
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| Demoiselle Crane |
Anthropoides virgo |
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| Blue Crane |
Anthropoides paradiseus |
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| Wattled Crane |
Grus carunculata |
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| Siberian Crane |
Grus leucogeranus |
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| Sandhill Crane |
Grus canadensis |
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| Sarus Crane |
Grus antigone |
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| Brolga |
Grus rubicunda |
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| White-naped Crane |
Grus vipio |
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| Common Crane |
Grus grus |
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| Hooded Crane |
Grus monacha |
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| Whooping Crane |
Grus americana |
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| Black-necked Crane |
Grus nigricollis |
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| Red-crowned Crane |
Grus japonensis |
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Limpkin |
Family Aramidae |
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| Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
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Buttonquail |
Family Turnicidae |
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| Kurrichane Buttonquail |
Turnix sylvaticus |
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| Red-backed Buttonquail |
Turnix maculosus |
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| Black-rumped Buttonquail |
Turnix hottentottus |
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| Yellow-legged Buttonquail |
Turnix tanki |
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| Spotted Buttonquail |
Turnix ocellatus |
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| Barred Buttonquail |
Turnix suscitator |
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| Madagascar Buttonquail |
Turnix nigricollis |
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| Black-breasted Buttonquail |
Turnix melanogaster |
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| Chestnut-backed Buttonquail |
Turnix castanotus |
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| Buff-breasted Buttonquail |
Turnix olivii |
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| Painted Buttonquail |
Turnix varius |
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| Worcester's Buttonquail |
Turnix worcesteri |
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| Sumba Buttonquail |
Turnix everetti |
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| Red-chested Buttonquail |
Turnix pyrrhothorax |
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| Little Buttonquail |
Turnix velox |
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| Quail-plover |
Ortyxelos meiffrenii |
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