Rallidae: The Rails, Crakes, and Coots
Ethan has documented 27 out of 159 members of the family Rallidae.
Gallirallus australis (Weka)
Porphyrio hochstetteri (South Island Takahe)
If it was up to Ethan these sad, sick boys would be declared extinct in the wild until they can get better but it isn’t so he will take the bird.
Porphyrio poliocephalus (Gray-Headed Swamphen)
Porphyrio pulverulentus (Philippine Swamphen)
Porphyrio martinica (Purple Gallinule)
Gallinula galeata (Common Gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus (Eurasian Moorhen)
Gallinula tenebrosa (Dusky Moorhen)
Tribonyx ventralis (Black-Tailed Nativehen)
Tribonyx mortierii (Tasmanian Nativehen)
Porzana carolina (Sora)
Amaurornis moluccana (Pale-Vented Bush-Hen)
Amaurornis isabellina (Isabelline Bush-Hen)
Zapornia fusca (Ruddy-Breasted Crake)
Amaurolimnas concolor (Uniform Crake)
Laterallus albigularis (White-Throated Crake)
Porzana fluminea (Australian Crake)
Zapornia pusilla (Baillon’s Crake)
Zapornia tabuensis (Spotless Crake)
Zapornia bicolor (Black-Tailed Crake)
Gallirallus philippensis (Buff-Banded Rail)
Gallirallus okinawae (Okinawa Rail)
Aramides albiventris (Russet-Naped Wood-Rail)
Amaurornis phoenicurus (White-Breasted Waterhen)
Fulica americana (American Coot)
Fulica atra (Euarasian Coot)
Poliolimnas cinereus (White-Browed Crake)