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 Sarothrura Heine, 1890
                   1 Sarothrura pulchra (Gray, 1829) - white-spotted flufftail
                   2 Sarothrura elegans (Smith, 1839) - buff-spotted flufftail
                   3 Sarothrura rufa (Vieillot, 1819) - red-chested flufftail
                   4 Sarothrura lugens (Böhm, 1884) - chestnut-headed flufftail
                   5 Sarothrura boehmi Reichenow, 1900 - streaky-breasted flufftail
                   6 Sarothrura affinis (Smith, 1828) - striped flufftail
                   7 Sarothrura insularis (Sharpe, 1870) - Madagascar flufftail
                   8 Sarothrura ayresi (Gurney, 1877) - white-winged flufftail
                   9 Sarothrura watersi (Bartlett, 1880) - slender-billed flufftail