Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Suborder Ralli Reichenbach - rails and allies
               Family Rallidae Vigors, 1825 - rails, waterhens, coots
                 Genus Gallirallus Lafresnaye, 1841
                   01 Gallirallus australis (Sparrman, 1786) - weka
                   02 ‡Gallirallus lafresnayanus Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 - New Caledonian rail
                   03 Gallirallus sylvestris (Sclater, 1870) - Lord Howe Island rail
                   04 Gallirallus conditicius (Peters & Griscom, 1928) - Gilbert rail
                   05 Gallirallus okinawae (Yamashina & Mano, 1981) - Okinawa rail
                   06 Gallirallus torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - barred rail
                   07 Gallirallus insignis (Sclater, 1880) - New Britain rail
                   08 Gallirallus philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - buff-banded rail
                   09 Gallirallus rovianae Diamond, 1991 - Roviana rail
                   10 Gallirallus owstoni (Rothschild, 1895) - Guam rail
                   11 ‡Gallirallus wakensis (Rothschild, 1903) - Wake Island rail
                   12 ‡Gallirallus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789) - Tahiti rail
                   13 ‡Gallirallus dieffenbachii (Gray, 1843) - Dieffenbach's rail
                   14 ‡Gallirallus modestus (Hutton, 1872) - Chatham Islands rail
                   15 ‡Gallirallus sharpei (Buttikofer, 1893) - Sharpe's rail
                   16 Gallirallus striatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - slaty-breasted rail