Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
           Family Rallidae Vigors, 1825 - rails, waterhens, coots
             Subfamily Rallinae Vigors, 1825 - rails see Family Rallidae Vigors, 1825
               Genus Fulica Linnaeus, 1758
                 01 Fulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 - red-fronted coot
                 02 Fulica armillata Vieillot, 1817 - red-gartered coot
                 03 Fulica leucoptera Vieillot, 1817 - white-winged coot
                 04 Fulica caribaea Ridgway, 1884 - Caribbean coot
                 05 Fulica ardesiaca Tschudi, 1843 - slate-colored coot
                 06 Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 - American coot
                 07 Fulica cristata Gmelin, 1789 - red-knobbed coot
                 08 Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 - common coot
                 09 Fulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 - giant coot
                 10 Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853 - horned coot