Rallidae

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Translingual

Rallus aquaticus

Etymology

Rallus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Rallidae

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

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