Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 16
Neognathae Pycraft 1900
see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 16
Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988
see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 16
[Order] Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 17-18 [inferred rank]
Family Rallidae Vigors, 1825 - rails, waterhens, coots
Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 117 [implicit position]
Genus Gallinula Brisson, 1760
Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 126
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common moorhen
Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 126
Gallinula chloropus cerceris Bangs, 1910
Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 126