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Rallidae - Coots, Rails, Crakes

purple gallinule

Classification

 Phylum: Chordata
 Class: Aves
 Order: Gruiformes
 Family: Rallidae

purple gallinuleThis family of birds includes 120 species. They small to medium in size and live in wetlands, usually in thick vegetation near lakes, marshes, swamps or rivers.

They have long toes that help them more around on mud and vegetation. They have short, rounded wings and plump bodies with short tails. Males and females are usually alike.

 

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World Status Key
Least ConcernLeast Concern Near ThreatenedNear Threatened VulnerableVulnerable EndangeredEndangered Critically EndangeredCritically Endangered extinct in the wildExtinct in Wild extinctExtinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.

US Status Key
Threatened in USThreatened in US Threatened in New HampshireThreatened in NH Endangered in USEndangered in US Endangered in NHEndangered in NH breeds in nhBreeds in NH IntroducedIntroduced
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game

  New Hampshire Species

 

 North/Central American Species

American Coot - Fulica americana Least Concern North America South America New Hampshire Species
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus Least Concern
King Rail - Rallus elegans Near Threatened North America New Hampshire Species
Sora - Porzana carolina Least Concern North America South America New Hampshire Species breeds in nh
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola Least Concern breeds in nh

Clapper Rail - Rallus longirostris profile Photos Audio Least Concern North America South America New Hampshire Species breeds in nh
 

Gray-breasted Crake - Laterallus exilis Least Concern
Gray-necked Wood-rail - Aramides cajaneus Least Concern
Hawaiian Coot - Fulica alai Vulnerable
Hawaiian Rail - Porzana sandwichensis extinct
Paint-billed Crake - Neocrex erythrops Least Concern
Purple Gallinule -Porphyrio martinicus Least Concern North America South America
Ruddy Crake - Laterallus ruber Least Concern
Rufous-necked Wood-rail - Aramides axillaris Least Concern
Spotted Rail - Pardirallus maculatus Least Concern North America South America
Uniform Crake - Amaurolimnas concolor Least Concern
Wake Island Rail - Gallirallus wakensis extinct
White-throated Crake - Laterallus albigularis Least Concern
Yellow Rail - Coturnicops noveboracensis Least Concern
Yellow-breasted Crake - Porzana flaviventer Least Concern North America South America
Zapata Rail - Cyanolimnas cerverai Critically Endangered North America

 North/Central American Species

 
Ash-throated Crake - Porzana albicollis Least Concern
Auckland Islands Rail - Lewinia muelleri Vulnerable
Azure Gallinule - Porphyrio flavirostris Least Concern
Black Rail - Laterallus jamaicensis Near Threatened North America South America
Caribbean Coot - Fulica caribaea Near Threatened North America South America
Colombian Crake - Neocrex columbiana
 

Other Species Around the World

AfricaAfrica antarcticaAntarctica AsiaAsia AustraliaAustralia EuropeEurope North AmericaNorth/Central America South AmericaSouth America New Hampshire Species NH

African Crake - Crecopsis egregia Least Concern Africa
African Water Rail - Rallus caerulescens Least Concern Africa
Allen's Gallinule - Porphyrio alleni Least Concern Africa
Andaman Crake - Rallina canningi Near Threatened Asia
Ascension Crake - Mundia elpenor extinct Africa
Ash-throated Crake - Porzana albicollis Least Concern North America South America
Auckland Islands Rail - Lewinia muelleri Vulnerable Australia
Austral Rail - Rallus antarcticus Vulnerable South America
Australian Crake - Porzana fluminea Least Concern Australia
Azure Gallinule - Porphyrio flavirostris Least Concern North America South America
Baillon's Crake - Porzana pusilla Least Concern Africa Asia Australia Europe
Band-bellied Crake - Porzana paykullii Near Threatened Asia
Bare-eyed Rail - Gymnocrex plumbeiventris Least Concern Asia Australia
Barred Rail - Gallirallus torquatus Least Concern Asia
Bar-winged Rail - Nesoclopeus poecilopterus extinct Australia
Black Crake - Amaurornis flavirostra Least Concern Africa
Black-banded Crake - Anurolimnas fasciatus Least Concern South America
Blackish Rail - Pardirallus nigricans Least Concern South America
Black-tailed Crake - Amaurornis bicolor Least Concern Asia
Black-tailed Native-hen - Gallinula ventralis Least Concern Australia
Blue-faced Rail - Gymnocrex rosenbergii Vulnerable Asia
Bogota Rail - Rallus semiplumbeus Endangered South America
Brown Crake - Amaurornis akool Least Concern Asia
Brown Wood-rail - Aramides wolfi Vulnerable South America
Brown-banded Rail - Lewinia mirifica Asia
Buff-banded Rail - Gallirallus philippensis Least Concern Asia Australia
Buff-spotted Flufftail - Sarothrura elegans Least Concern Africa
Bush-hen - Amaurornis olivacea Least Concern Asia
Calayan Rail - Gallirallus calayanensis Vulnerable Asia
Chatham Rail Cabalus modestus extinct Australia
Chestnut Forest-rail - Rallina rubra Least Concern Asia Australia
Chestnut Rail - Eulabeornis castaneoventris Least Concern Asia Australia
Chestnut-headed Crake - Anurolimnas castaneiceps Least Concern South America
Chestnut-headed Flufftail - Sarothrura lugens Least Concern Africa
Colombian Crake - Neocrex columbiana North America South America
Common Coot - Fulica atra Least Concern Africa Asia Australia Europe
Common Moorhen -Gallinula chloropus Least Concern Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America New Hampshire Species
Corncrake - Crex crex Least Concern Africa Asia Europe
Dieffenbach's Rail Gallirallus dieffenbachii extinct Australia
Dot-winged Crake - Porzana spiloptera Vulnerable South America
Dusky Moorhen - Gallinula tenebrosa Least Concern Asia Australia
Forbes's Forest-rail - Rallina forbesi Least Concern Asia Australia
Galapagos Rail - Laterallus spilonotus Vulnerable South America
Giant Coot - Fulica gigantea Least Concern South America
Giant Wood-rail - Aramides ypecaha Least Concern South America
Gough Moorhen - Gallinula nesiotis Vulnerable Africa
Gray-breasted Crake - Laterallus exilis Least Concern North America South America
Gray-necked Wood-rail - Aramides cajaneus Least Concern North America South America
Gray-throated Rail - Canirallus oculeus Least Concern Africa
Guam Rail - Gallirallus owstoni extinct in the wild Australia
Hawaiian Coot - Fulica alai Vulnerable North America
Hawaiian Rail - Porzana sandwichensis extinct North America
Hawkins's Rail - Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi extinct Australia
Henderson Crake - Porzana atra Vulnerable Australia
Horned Coot - Fulica cornuta Near Threatened South America
Inaccessible Rail - Atlantisia rogersi Vulnerable Africa
Invisible Rail - Habroptila wallacii Vulnerable Asia
Isabelline Waterhen - Amaurornis isabellina Least Concern Asia
Junin Rail - Laterallus tuerosi Endangered South America
Kosrae Crake - Porzana monasa extinct Australia
Laysan Rail - Porzana palmeri extinct North America
Lesser Moorhen - Gallinula angulata Least Concern Africa
Lewin's Rail - Lewinia pectoralis Least Concern Asia Australia
Little Crake - Porzana parva Least Concern Africa Asia Europe
Little Wood-rail - Aramides mangle Least Concern South America
Lord Howe Woodhen - Gallirallus sylvestris Endangered Australia
Madagascar Flufftail - Sarothrura insularis Least Concern Africa
Madagascar Rail - Rallus madagascariensis Vulnerable Africa
Madagascar Wood Rail - Canirallus kioloides Least Concern Africa
Makira Moorhen - Gallinula silvestris Critically Endangered Australia
Mascarene Coot Fulica newtoni extinct Africa
Mayr's Forest-rail - Rallina mayri Asia Australia
Miller's Rail - Porzana nigra extinct Australia
  New Britain Rail - Gallirallus insignis Near Threatened Australia
New Caledonia Gallinule - Porphyrio kukwiedei extinct Australia
New Caledonian Rail - Gallirallus lafresnayanus Critically Endangered Australia
New Guinea Flightless Rail - Megacrex inepta Near Threatened Asia Australia
Nkulengu Rail - Himantornis haematopus Least Concern Africa
North Island Takahe - Porphyrio mantelli extinct Australia
Ocellated Crake - Micropygia schomburgkii Least Concern North America South America
Okinawa Rail - Gallirallus okinawae Endangered Asia
Paint-billed Crake - Neocrex erythrops Least Concern North America South America
Plain-flanked Rail - Rallus wetmorei Endangered South America
Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus Least Concern antarctica South America
Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio porphyrio Least Concern Africa Asia Australia Europe
Red Rail - Aphanapteryx bonasia extinct Africa
Red-and-white Crake - Laterallus leucopyrrhus Least Concern South America
Red-chested Flufftail - Sarothrura rufa Least Concern Africa
Red-fronted Coot - Fulica rufifrons Least Concern antarctica South America
Red-gartered Coot - Fulica armillata Least Concern antarctica South America
Red-knobbed Coot - Fulica cristata Least Concern Africa Europe
Red-legged Crake - Rallina fasciata Least Concern Asia
Red-necked Crake - Rallina tricolor Least Concern Asia Australia
Red-winged Wood-rail - Aramides calopterus Least Concern South America
Reunion Gallinule Porphyrio coerulescens extinct Africa
Rodrigues Rail  Aphanapteryx leguati extinct Africa
Rouget's Rail - Rougetius rougetii Near Threatened Africa
Roviana Rail - Gallirallus rovianae Near Threatened Australia
Ruddy Crake - Laterallus ruber Least Concern North America
Ruddy-breasted Crake - Porzana fusca Least Concern Asia
Rufous-faced Crake - Laterallus xenopterus Vulnerable South America
Rufous-necked Wood-rail - Aramides axillaris Least Concern North America South America
Rufous-sided Crake - Laterallus melanophaius Least Concern South America
Rufous-tailed Waterhen - Amaurornis moluccana Least Concern Asia Australia
Russet-crowned Crake - Anurolimnas viridis Least Concern South America
Rusty-flanked Crake - Laterallus levraudi Endangered South America
Sakalava Rail - Amaurornis olivieri Endangered Africa
Samoan Moorhen - Gallinula pacifica Critically Endangered Australia
Slate-colored Coot - Fulica ardesiaca Least Concern South America
Slaty-breasted Rail - Gallirallus striatus Least Concern Asia
Slaty-breasted Wood-rail - Aramides saracura Least Concern South America
Slaty-legged Crake - Rallina eurizonoides Least Concern Asia Australia
Slender-billed Flufftail - Sarothrura watersi Endangered Africa
Snoring Rail - Aramidopsis plateni Vulnerable Asia
Speckled Rail - Coturnicops notatus Least Concern South America
Spot-flanked Gallinule - Gallinula melanops Least Concern South America
Spotless Crake - Porzana tabuensis Least Concern Asia Australia
Spotted Crake - Porzana porzana Least Concern Africa Asia Europe
St Helena Crake - Atlantisia podarces extinct Africa
St Helena Rail - Porzana astrictocarpus extinct Africa
Streaky-breasted Flufftail - Sarothrura boehmi Least Concern Africa
Striped Crake - Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Least Concern Africa
Striped Flufftail - Sarothrura affinis Least Concern Africa
Swinhoe's Rail - Coturnicops exquisitus Vulnerable Asia
Tahiti Rail - Gallirallus pacificus extinct Australia
Takahe - Porphyrio hochstetteri Endangered Australia
Talaud Bush-hen - Amaurornis magnirostris Vulnerable Asia
Talaud Rail - Gymnocrex talaudensis Endangered Asia
Tasmanian Native-hen - Gallinula mortierii Least Concern Australia
Uniform Crake - Amaurolimnas concolor Least Concern North America South America
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola Least Concern North America South America New Hampshire Species
Wake Island Rail - Gallirallus wakensis extinct Australia North America
Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus Least Concern Africa Asia Europe
Watercock - Gallicrex cinerea Least Concern Asia
Weka - Gallirallus australis Vulnerable Australia
White Gallinule - Porphyrio albus extinct Australia
White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus Least Concern Asia Australia
White-browed Crake - Porzana cinerea Least Concern Asia Australia
White-spotted Flufftail - Sarothrura pulchra Least Concern Africa
White-striped Forest-rail - Rallina leucospila Near Threatened Asia
White-throated Crake - Laterallus albigularis Least Concern North America South America
White-throated Rail - Dryolimnas cuvieri Least Concern Africa
White-winged Coot - Fulica leucoptera Least Concern antarctica South America
White-winged Flufftail - Sarothrura ayresi Endangered Africa
Woodford's Rail - Nesoclopeus woodfordi Near Threatened Australia
Yellow Rail - Coturnicops noveboracensis Least Concern North America