Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in Ethiopia.
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii
- Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
- Little Crake Porzana parva
- Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ethiopia