Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
         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 okinawae (Yamashina & Mano, 1981) - Okinawa rail
             05 Gallirallus torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - barred rail
             06 Gallirallus insignis (Sclater, 1880) - New Britain rail
             07 ‡Gallirallus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789) - Tahiti rail
             08 Gallirallus philippensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - buff-banded rail
             09 Gallirallus owstoni (Rothschild, 1895) - Guam rail
             10 ‡Gallirallus wakensis (Rothschild, 1903) - Wake Island rail
             11 Gallirallus rovianae Diamond, 1991 - Roviana rail
             12 ‡Gallirallus dieffenbachii (Gray, 1843) - Dieffenbach's rail
             13 ‡Gallirallus modestus (Hutton, 1872) - Chatham Islands rail
             14 Gallirallus striatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - slaty-breasted rail
             15 ‡Gallirallus sharpii (Büttikofer, 1893) see Gallirallus sharpei (Buttikofer, 1893)