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 Laterallus Gray, 1855
                   1 Laterallus melanophaius (Vieillot, 1819) - rufous-sided crake
                   2 Laterallus levraudi (Sclater & Salvin, 1869) - rusty-flanked crake
                   3 Laterallus ruber (Sclater & Salvin, 1860) - ruddy crake
                   4 Laterallus albigularis (Lawrence, 1861) - white-throated crake
                   5 Laterallus exilis (Temminck, 1831) - grey-breasted crake
                   6 Laterallus jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) - black rail
                   7 Laterallus spilonotus (Gould, 1841) - Galapagos rail
                   8 Laterallus leucopyrrhus (Vieillot, 1819) - red-and-white crake
                   9 Laterallus xenopterus Conover, 1934 - rufous-faced crake