Group
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
129 species with a page on Motmot.
Species in this group
- Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Isabelline Bush-hen Amaurornis isabellina
- Talaud Bush-hen Amaurornis magnirostris
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris
- Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris
- Grey-cowled Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Red-winged Wood-Rail Aramides calopterus
- Little Wood-Rail Aramides mangle
- Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail Aramides saracura
- Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi
- Giant Wood-Rail Aramides ypecaha
- Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni
- Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus
- Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Corncrake Crex crex
- White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri
- Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Slate-coloured Coot Fulica ardesiaca
- Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Horned Coot Fulica cornuta
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Giant Coot Fulica gigantea
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri
- American Moorhen Gallinula galeata
- Tristan Moorhen Gallinula nesiotis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Weka Gallirallus australis
- Calayan Rail Gallirallus calayanensis
- Chestnut Rail Gallirallus castaneoventris
- New Britain Rail Gallirallus insignis
- Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae
- Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Roviana Rail Gallirallus rovianae
- Lord Howe Rail Gallirallus sylvestris
- Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
- Invisible Rail Gallirallus wallacii
- Woodford's Rail Gallirallus woodfordi
- Bare-eyed Rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
- Blue-faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergii
- Talaud Rail Gymnocrex talaudensis
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Speckled Rail Laterallus notatus
- Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Galapagos Rail Laterallus spilonota
- Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera
- Luzon Rail Lewinia mirifica
- Auckland Islands Rail Lewinia muelleri
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
- Ash-throated Crake Mustelirallus albicollis
- Zapata Rail Mustelirallus cerverai
- Colombian Crake Mustelirallus colombianus
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
- South Island Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri
- Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
- Philippine Swamphen Porphyrio pulverulentus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Andaman Crake Rallina canningi
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
- Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
- Austral Rail Rallus antarcticus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus
- Aztec Rail Rallus tenuirostris
- Plain-flanked Rail Rallus wetmorei
- Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
- Black-banded Crake Rufirallus fasciatus
- Red-and-white Crake Rufirallus leucopyrrhus
- Ocellated Crake Rufirallus schomburgkii
- Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis
- Rufous-faced Crake Rufirallus xenopterus
- Tasmanian Nativehen Tribonyx mortierii
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Henderson Island Crake Zapornia atra
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Sakalava Rail Zapornia olivieri
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
Lookalikes compared
- Allen's Gallinule vs Western Swamphen
- American Moorhen vs American Coot
- Brown Crake vs Baillon's Crake
- Brown-cheeked Rail vs Eurasian Coot
- Brown-cheeked Rail vs White-browed Crake
- Dot-winged Crake vs Red-fronted Coot
- Giant Coot vs White-winged Coot
- Giant Wood-Rail vs Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
- Grey-headed Swamphen vs Watercock
- Grey-headed Swamphen vs White-browed Crake
- Hawaiian Coot vs American Coot
- Lesser Moorhen vs Baillon's Crake
- Lesser Moorhen vs Red-knobbed Coot
- Okinawa Rail vs Slaty-legged Crake
- Red-legged Crake vs Baillon's Crake
- Ridgway's Rail vs Virginia Rail
- Slaty-breasted Rail vs Red-legged Crake
- Sora vs Dot-winged Crake
- Spot-flanked Gallinule vs Dot-winged Crake
- Spotted Crake vs Lesser Moorhen
- Spotted Rail vs Giant Wood-Rail
- Water Rail vs Eurasian Coot
- Western Swamphen vs Grey-headed Swamphen
- White-browed Crake vs Watercock