Rails, Gallinules, & Coots


Common Gallinule

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Order:  Gruiformes
Family:  Rallidae



Common Gallinule
Photo by Zcebeci [CC BY-SA 4.0], from WC

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Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)



Virginia Rail (right):
Photo © Don DesJardin