Genus
Rallus (Typical rails)
Rallus limicola. Photo: (c) Blake Matheson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Rallus is a genus of wetland birds of the rail family. Sometimes, the genera Lewinia and Gallirallus are included in it. Six of the species are found in the Americas, and the three species found in Eurasia, Africa and Madagascar are very closely related to each other, suggesting they are descended from a single invasion of a New World ancestor.
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