order

Gruiformes

Gruiformes is an order in the class Aves. This database currently files 243 species under it, 32 of them threatened, recorded across 2 countries.

Species filed: 243
Threatened: 32
Countries recorded: 2
With a free photo: 44%
Weight range: 24.9 g – 8.79 kg

What is in Gruiformes?

28 families filed directly under this order.

Rallidae
eurasian coot, common moorhen, corn crake, water rail …
189 species
Gruidae
common crane, siberian crane, black crowned crane, grey crowned crane …
19 species
Sarothruridae
chestnut forest rail, white-striped forest rail, buff-spotted flufftail, forbes's forest rail …
15 species
Psophiidae
grey-winged trumpeter, dark-winged trumpeter, pale-winged trumpeter, Archaeopsophia aoni
4 species
Aptornithidae
south island adzebill, north island adzebill, Aptornis proasciarostratus
3 species
Heliornithidae
masked finfoot, african finfoot, sungrebe
3 species
Parvigruidae
Alhuenia eduardotonnii, Parvigrus ypresiensis
2 species
Phorusrhacidae
Llallawavis scagliai, Eschatornis aterradora
2 species
Aramidae
limpkin
1 species
Bumbanipes
Bumbanipes aramoides
1 species
Bumbaniralla
Bumbaniralla walbeckornithoides
1 species
Eogruidae
Sinoergilornis guangheensis
1 species
Messelornithidae
Walbeckornis waltonensis
1 species
Nesotrochidae
cuban cave rail
1 species
Apterornithidae
0 species
Baleniidae
0 species
Bathornithidae
0 species
Brontornithidae
0 species
Geranoididae
0 species
Gryzajidae
0 species
Idiornithidae
0 species
Laornithidae
0 species
Lavocatavis
0 species
Palaeogeranos
0 species
Phororhacidae
0 species
Psilopteridae
0 species
Songzidae
0 species
Uvaichnites
0 species

Best-known members of Gruiformes

Ranked by popularity score.

Eurasian coot

Fulica atra

Rallidae

Common crane

Grus grus

Gruidae

Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Rallidae

Corn crake

Crex crex

Rallidae

Water rail

Rallus aquaticus

Rallidae

Spotted crake

Porzana porzana

Rallidae

Baillon's crake

Zapornia pusilla

Rallidae

Siberian crane

Leucogeranus leucogeranus

Gruidae

How threatened is Gruiformes?

138 of 243 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN category	Species	Share of assessed
CRCritically Endangered	4	3%
ENEndangered	9	7%
VUVulnerable	19	14%
NTNear Threatened	10	7%
LCLeast Concern	95	69%
DDData Deficient	1	1%

Where is Gruiformes found?

Species on file in this order listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

None on record
1
2–38
39
40+

species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Australia39
Norway1

The 200 best-known species in Gruiformes

Of 243 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Weight	Countries
Eurasian coot	Fulica atra	Rallidae	Least Concern	717.1 g	1
Common crane	Grus grus	Gruidae	Least Concern	5.5 kg	Not recorded
Common moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Rallidae	Least Concern	339.6 g	Not recorded
Corn crake	Crex crex	Rallidae	Least Concern	154.9 g	Not recorded
Water rail	Rallus aquaticus	Rallidae	Least Concern	110.7 g	Not recorded
Spotted crake	Porzana porzana	Rallidae	Least Concern	87.1 g	Not recorded
Baillon's crake	Zapornia pusilla	Rallidae	Least Concern	35.4 g	1
Siberian crane	Leucogeranus leucogeranus	Gruidae	Critically Endangered	5.91 kg	Not recorded
Western swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio	Rallidae	Least Concern	773.9 g	Not recorded
Black crowned crane	Balearica pavonina	Gruidae	Vulnerable	3.59 kg	Not recorded
Little crake	Zapornia parva	Rallidae	Least Concern	49.7 g	Not recorded
Grey crowned crane	Balearica regulorum	Gruidae	Endangered	3.77 kg	Not recorded
Red-crowned crane	Grus japonensis	Gruidae	Vulnerable	8.79 kg	Not recorded
Sarus crane	Antigone antigone	Gruidae	Not recorded	5.92 kg	1
Black-necked crane	Grus nigricollis	Gruidae	Near Threatened	6 kg	Not recorded
White-breasted waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	Rallidae	Least Concern	180 g	Not recorded
Takahē	Porphyrio hochstetteri	Rallidae	Endangered	2.46 kg	1
Limpkin	Aramus guarauna	Aramidae	Least Concern	1.08 kg	Not recorded
Whooping crane	Grus americana	Gruidae	Endangered	5.83 kg	Not recorded
Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea	Rallidae	Least Concern	390.4 g	Not recorded
White-naped crane	Antigone vipio	Gruidae	Not recorded	4.66 kg	Not recorded
Hooded crane	Grus monacha	Gruidae	Vulnerable	3.73 kg	Not recorded
American coot	Fulica americana	Rallidae	Least Concern	636.7 g	Not recorded
Weka	Gallirallus australis	Rallidae	Vulnerable	875.7 g	1
Slaty-breasted rail	Lewinia striata	Rallidae	Least Concern	116 g	Not recorded
Masked finfoot	Heliopais personatus	Heliornithidae	Critically Endangered	510 g	Not recorded
Ruddy-breasted crake	Zapornia fusca	Rallidae	Least Concern	57.3 g	Not recorded
Red-knobbed coot	Fulica cristata	Rallidae	Least Concern	826 g	Not recorded
Grey-winged trumpeter	Psophia crepitans	Psophiidae	Least Concern	1.03 kg	Not recorded
African finfoot	Podica senegalensis	Heliornithidae	Least Concern	599 g	Not recorded
American purple gallinule	Porphyrio martinica	Rallidae	Not recorded	236 g	Not recorded
Giant coot	Fulica gigantea	Rallidae	Least Concern	2.44 kg	Not recorded
Gray-headed swamphen	Porphyrio poliocephalus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Slaty-legged crake	Rallina eurizonoides	Rallidae	Least Concern	109 g	Not recorded
Tasmanian nativehen	Tribonyx mortierii	Rallidae	Least Concern	1.29 kg	1
Red rail	Aphanapteryx bonasia	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sungrebe	Heliornis fulica	Heliornithidae	Least Concern	132 g	Not recorded
Allen's gallinule	Porphyrio alleni	Rallidae	Least Concern	138.7 g	Not recorded
Snoring rail	Aramidopsis plateni	Rallidae	Vulnerable	116 g	Not recorded
Invisible rail	Habroptila wallacii	Rallidae	Vulnerable	1 kg	Not recorded
Red-legged crake	Rallina fasciata	Rallidae	Least Concern	100 g	Not recorded
African rail	Rallus caerulescens	Rallidae	Least Concern	162.1 g	Not recorded
Grey-cowled wood rail	Aramides cajaneus	Rallidae	Least Concern	397 g	Not recorded
Bogotá rail	Rallus semiplumbeus	Rallidae	Vulnerable	84.1 g	Not recorded
Rouget's rail	Rougetius rougetii	Rallidae	Near Threatened	193.4 g	Not recorded
Giant wood rail	Aramides ypecaha	Rallidae	Least Concern	700.1 g	Not recorded
White swamphen	Porphyrio albus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Sora	Porzana carolina	Rallidae	Least Concern	74.8 g	Not recorded
Andaman crake	Rallina canningi	Rallidae	Least Concern	178 g	Not recorded
Brown crake	Zapornia akool	Rallidae	Least Concern	131.4 g	Not recorded
Horned coot	Fulica cornuta	Rallidae	Near Threatened	2.11 kg	Not recorded
Spotless crake	Zapornia tabuensis	Rallidae	Least Concern	42.2 g	1
Slaty-breasted wood rail	Aramides saracura	Rallidae	Least Concern	540 g	Not recorded
Swinhoe's rail	Coturnicops exquisitus	Rallidae	Least Concern	57.8 g	Not recorded
Chestnut rail	Eulabeornis castaneoventris	Rallidae	Least Concern	684.5 g	1
Dusky moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa	Rallidae	Least Concern	530.1 g	1
Lesser moorhen	Paragallinula angulata	Rallidae	Least Concern	130 g	Not recorded
Dark-winged trumpeter	Psophia viridis	Psophiidae	Vulnerable	1.07 kg	Not recorded
Virginia rail	Rallus limicola	Rallidae	Least Concern	84.1 g	Not recorded
Mangrove rail	Rallus longirostris	Rallidae	Least Concern	259.4 g	Not recorded
Black crake	Zapornia flavirostra	Rallidae	Least Concern	86.2 g	Not recorded
Uniform crake	Amaurolimnas concolor	Rallidae	Least Concern	133 g	Not recorded
Little wood rail	Aramides mangle	Rallidae	Least Concern	183 g	Not recorded
Hawaiian coot	Fulica alai	Rallidae	Near Threatened	459 g	Not recorded
Andean coot	Fulica ardesiaca	Rallidae	Least Concern	988 g	Not recorded
Red-gartered coot	Fulica armillata	Rallidae	Least Concern	1.04 kg	Not recorded
Barred rail	Hypotaenidia torquata	Rallidae	Least Concern	280 g	1
Spotted rail	Pardirallus maculatus	Rallidae	Least Concern	171 g	Not recorded
Azure gallinule	Porphyrio flavirostris	Rallidae	Least Concern	92.6 g	Not recorded
Australian crake	Porzana fluminea	Rallidae	Least Concern	60.8 g	1
Pale-winged trumpeter	Psophia leucoptera	Psophiidae	Least Concern	1.32 kg	Not recorded
Madagascar rail	Rallus madagascariensis	Rallidae	Vulnerable	114 g	Not recorded
Henderson crake	Zapornia atra	Rallidae	Vulnerable	77.4 g	Not recorded
Black-tailed crake	Zapornia bicolor	Rallidae	Least Concern	57.3 g	Not recorded
Striped crake	Aenigmatolimnas marginalis	Rallidae	Not recorded	58.6 g	Not recorded
Rufous-necked wood rail	Aramides axillaris	Rallidae	Least Concern	292 g	Not recorded
Grey-throated rail	Canirallus oculeus	Rallidae	Least Concern	277 g	Not recorded
White-throated rail	Dryolimnas cuvieri	Rallidae	Least Concern	182.4 g	Not recorded
Rodrigues rail	Erythromachus leguati	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
White-winged coot	Fulica leucoptera	Rallidae	Least Concern	656 g	Not recorded
Red-fronted coot	Fulica rufifrons	Rallidae	Least Concern	644 g	Not recorded
Samoan moorhen	Gallinula pacifica	Rallidae	Not recorded	450 g	Not recorded
White-throated crake	Laterallus albigularis	Rallidae	Least Concern	47.3 g	Not recorded
Rufous-sided crake	Laterallus melanophaius	Rallidae	Least Concern	52.1 g	Not recorded
Galapagos crake	Laterallus spilonota	Rallidae	Vulnerable	40.2 g	Not recorded
Lewin's rail	Lewinia pectoralis	Rallidae	Least Concern	78.1 g	1
King rail	Rallus elegans	Rallidae	Near Threatened	313.3 g	Not recorded
Plain-flanked rail	Rallus wetmorei	Rallidae	Endangered	259.4 g	Not recorded
Black-tailed nativehen	Tribonyx ventralis	Rallidae	Least Concern	386.3 g	1
Isabelline bush-hen	Amaurornis isabellina	Rallidae	Least Concern	175 g	Not recorded
Philippine bush-hen	Amaurornis olivacea	Rallidae	Least Concern	292 g	Not recorded
Brown wood rail	Aramides wolfi	Rallidae	Least Concern	454 g	Not recorded
Yellow rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis	Rallidae	Least Concern	60.9 g	Not recorded
Nkulengu rail	Himantornis haematopus	Rallidae	Least Concern	585.7 g	Not recorded
Grey-breasted crake	Laterallus exilis	Rallidae	Least Concern	33.5 g	Not recorded
Black rail	Laterallus jamaicensis	Rallidae	Endangered	32.6 g	Not recorded
New Guinea flightless rail	Megacrex inepta	Rallidae	Least Concern	1.2 kg	1
Blackish rail	Pardirallus nigricans	Rallidae	Least Concern	217 g	Not recorded
Plumbeous rail	Pardirallus sanguinolentus	Rallidae	Least Concern	232 g	Not recorded
Australian swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Chestnut forest rail	Rallicula rubra	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	81 g	1
Red-necked crake	Rallina tricolor	Rallidae	Least Concern	178 g	1
Austral rail	Rallus antarcticus	Rallidae	Vulnerable	60.4 g	Not recorded
Brown-cheeked rail	Rallus indicus	Rallidae	Least Concern	104.5 g	Not recorded
Band-bellied crake	Zapornia paykullii	Rallidae	Near Threatened	111 g	Not recorded
Red-winged wood rail	Aramides calopterus	Rallidae	Least Concern	320.5 g	Not recorded
Mascarene coot	Fulica newtonii	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Tristan moorhen	Gallinula nesiotis	Rallidae	Not recorded	456.5 g	Not recorded
Makira woodhen	Gallinula silvestris	Rallidae	Not recorded	450 g	1
Bar-winged rail	Hypotaenidia poeciloptera	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
African swamphen	Porphyrio madagascariensis	Rallidae	Not recorded	1.01 kg	Not recorded
North island Takahe	Porphyrio mantelli	Rallidae	Not recorded	2.48 kg	1
Spot-flanked gallinule	Porphyriops melanops	Rallidae	Least Concern	191 g	Not recorded
White-striped forest rail	Rallicula leucospila	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	120 g	1
Rufous-faced crake	Rufirallus xenopterus	Rallidae	Vulnerable	56.9 g	Not recorded
Buff-spotted flufftail	Sarothrura elegans	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	46 g	Not recorded
Sakalava rail	Zapornia olivieri	Rallidae	Endangered	86.2 g	Not recorded
Chestnut-headed crake	Anurolimnas castaneiceps	Rallidae	Not recorded	126 g	Not recorded
Blue-faced rail	Gymnocrex rosenbergii	Rallidae	Least Concern	288 g	Not recorded
Ruddy crake	Laterallus ruber	Rallidae	Least Concern	44.4 g	Not recorded
Ascension crake	Mundia elpenor	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Forbes's forest rail	Rallicula forbesi	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	85.1 g	1
White-winged flufftail	Sarothrura ayresi	Sarothruridae	Critically Endangered	31.8 g	Not recorded
White-spotted flufftail	Sarothrura pulchra	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	45.2 g	Not recorded
Bare-eyed rail	Gymnocrex plumbeiventris	Rallidae	Least Concern	288 g	1
Rusty-flanked crake	Laterallus levraudi	Rallidae	Vulnerable	43.5 g	Not recorded
Striped flufftail	Sarothrura affinis	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	27.8 g	Not recorded
Hawaiian rail	Zapornia sandwichensis	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Hawkins' rail	Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Talaud rail	Gymnocrex talaudensis	Rallidae	Endangered	288 g	Not recorded
Okinawa rail	Hypotaenidia okinawae	Rallidae	Endangered	433 g	Not recorded
Streaky-breasted flufftail	Sarothrura boehmi	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	35 g	Not recorded
Chestnut-headed flufftail	Sarothrura lugens	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	30.8 g	Not recorded
Red-chested flufftail	Sarothrura rufa	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	37.7 g	Not recorded
Pale-vented bush-hen	Amaurornis moluccana	Rallidae	Least Concern	186.8 g	1
St. Helena rail	Aphanocrex podarces	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Auckland rail	Lewinia muelleri	Rallidae	Vulnerable	93 g	1
Madagascar flufftail	Sarothrura insularis	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	26.8 g	Not recorded
Slender-billed flufftail	Sarothrura watersi	Sarothruridae	Near Threatened	26.5 g	Not recorded
Talaud bush-hen	Amaurornis magnirostris	Rallidae	Vulnerable	250 g	Not recorded
Brown-banded rail	Lewinia mirifica	Rallidae	Data Deficient	68 g	Not recorded
Gough moorhen	Gallinula comeri	Rallidae	Vulnerable	513 g	Not recorded
Common gallinule	Gallinula galeata	Rallidae	Least Concern	339.6 g	Not recorded
Mayr's forest rail	Rallicula mayri	Sarothruridae	Least Concern	122.9 g	1
Réunion swamphen	Porphyrio caerulescens	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Black-backed swamphen	Porphyrio indicus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Clapper rail	Rallus crepitans	Rallidae	Least Concern	306 g	Not recorded
Ecuadorian rail	Rallus aequatorialis	Rallidae	Not recorded	84.1 g	Not recorded
Ridgway's rail	Rallus obsoletus	Rallidae	Near Threatened	342 g	Not recorded
Reunion rail	Dryolimnas augusti	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Llallawavis scagliai	Phorusrhacidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Philippine swamphen	Porphyrio pulverulentus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Russet-naped wood rail	Aramides albiventris	Rallidae	Least Concern	514 g	Not recorded
Aztec rail	Rallus tenuirostris	Rallidae	Near Threatened	306 g	Not recorded
Marquesan swamphen	Porphyrio paepae	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
New Caledonia gallinule	Porphyrio kukwiedei	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Astolfo's rail	Gallirallus astolfoi	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Huahine swamphen	Porphyrio mcnabi	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Nuku Hiva rail	Gallirallus epulare	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Tahuata rail	Gallirallus roletti	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Ua Huka rail	Gallirallus gracilitibia	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Gallirallus steadmani	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
South island Adzebill	Aptornis defossor	Aptornithidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
North island Adzebill	Aptornis otidiformis	Aptornithidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Grus primigenia	Gruidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Hypotaenidia vavauensis	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Rallus lowei	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Fulica montanei	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Huahine rail	Gallirallus storrsolsoni	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Rallus adolfocaesaris	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Rallus carvaoensis	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Rallus nanus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sandhill crane	Antigone canadensis	Gruidae	Not recorded	4.3 kg	Not recorded
Not recorded	Aptornis proasciarostratus	Aptornithidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Gallirallus ernstmayri	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Tinian rail	Gallirallus pendiculentus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Gallirallus pisonii	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Rota rail	Gallirallus temptatus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Wattled crane	Grus carunculata	Gruidae	Not recorded	8.29 kg	Not recorded
Flightless crane	Grus latipes	Gruidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Demoiselle crane	Grus virgo	Gruidae	Not recorded	2.4 kg	Not recorded
Lord Howe woodhen	Hypotaenidia sylvestris	Rallidae	Endangered	494.4 g	1
Ash-throated crake	Mustelirallus albicollis	Rallidae	Not recorded	100 g	Not recorded
Cuban cave rail	Nesotrochis picapicensis	Nesotrochidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Porphyrio claytongreenei	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Porzana payevskyi	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Rallus lariformis	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Rallus montivagorum	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Alhuenia eduardotonnii	Parvigruidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Antigone cubensis	Gruidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Brolga	Antigone rubicunda	Gruidae	Not recorded	6.22 kg	1
Calayan rail	Aptenorallus calayanensis	Rallidae	Not recorded	244 g	Not recorded
Not recorded	Archaeopsophia aoni	Psophiidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Baselrallus intermedius	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Bumbanipes aramoides	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Bumbaniralla walbeckornithoides	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
New Caledonian rail	Cabalus lafresnayanus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Chatham rail	Cabalus modestus	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
African crake	Crecopsis egregia	Rallidae	Not recorded	119 g	Not recorded
Not recorded	Crexica crexica	Rallidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded