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 Gallinula Brisson, 1760
                   1 ‡Gallinula pacifica (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871) - Samoan moorhen
                   2 Gallinula silvestris (Mayr, 1933) - San Cristobal moorhen
                   3 Gallinula nesiotis Sclater, 1861 - Tristan moorhen
                   4 Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) - common moorhen
                   5 Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846 - dusky moorhen
                   6 Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850 - lesser moorhen
                   7 Gallinula melanops (Vieillot, 1819) - spot-flanked gallinule
                   8 Gallinula ventralis Gould, 1837 - black-tailed native-hen
                   9 Gallinula mortierii (Du Bus, 1840) - Tasmanian native-hen