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