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 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