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 30 species which have been recorded in Colombia.
- Speckled Rail Coturnicops notatus
- Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii
- Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps
- Russet-crowned Crake Anurolimnas viridis
- Black-banded Crake Anurolimnas fasciatus
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis (A)
- Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus
- Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
- Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis
- Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer
- Colombian Crake Neocrex colombianus
- Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea
- Slate-colored Coot Fulica ardesiaca
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Colombia