The world's most endangered cranes, rails, and allies
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's cranes, rails, and allies
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RALLIDAE | Aphanapteryx bonasia | Red Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Aphanapteryx leguati | Rodrigues Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Atlantisia podarces | St Helena Crake | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Cabalus modestus | Chatham Island Rail, Chatham Islands Rail, Chatham Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi | Hawkins's Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica newtoni | Mascarene Coot | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus dieffenbachii | Dieffenbach's Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus owstoni | Guam Rail | EW | |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus pacificus | Tahiti Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus wakensis | Wake Island Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Mundia elpenor | Ascension Crake, Ascension Flightless Crake | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Nesoclopeus poecilopterus | Bar-winged Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio albus | Lord Howe Island Swamphen, Lord Howe Swamphen, White Gallinule | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio coerulescens | Reunion Gallinule, Réunion Gallinule | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio kukwiedei | New Caledonia Gallinule | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio mantelli | North Island Takahe | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana astrictocarpus | St Helena Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana monasa | Kosrae Crake | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana nigra | Miller's Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana palmeri | Laysan Crake, Laysan Rail | EX | |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana sandwichensis | Hawaiian Crake, Hawaiian Rail | EX | |
| OTIDIDAE | Ardeotis nigriceps | Great Indian Bustard, Indian Bustard | CR | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Cyanolimnas cerverai | Zapata Rail | CR | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula pacifica | Samoan Moorhen | CR | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula silvestris | Makira Moorhen, Makira Woodhen, San Cristobal Moorhen, San Cristobal Mountain Rail | CR | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus lafresnayanus | New Caledonian Rail, New Caledonian Wood Rail | CR | unknown |
| OTIDIDAE | Houbaropsis bengalensis | Bengal Bustard, Bengal Florican | CR | decreasing |
| GRUIDAE | Leucogeranus leucogeranus | Siberian Crane, Siberian White Crane, Snow Crane | CR | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis olivieri | Olivier's Crake, Olivier's Rail, Sakalava Rail | EN | decreasing |
| GRUIDAE | Balearica regulorum | Grey Crowned-crane, Grey Crowned Crane, Grey Crowned-Crane, Southern Crowned Crane | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus okinawae | Okinawa Rail | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus sylvestris | Lord Howe Island Woodhen, Lord Howe Rail, Lord Howe Woodhen, Lord Howe Wood Rail | EN | stable |
| GRUIDAE | Grus americana | Whooping Crane | EN | increasing |
| GRUIDAE | Grus japonensis | Japanese Crane, Manchurian Crane, Red-crowned Crane | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gymnocrex talaudensis | Talaud Rail | EN | decreasing |
| HELIORNITHIDAE | Heliopais personatus | Asian Finfoot, Masked Finfoot | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus levraudi | Rusty-flanked Crake | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus tuerosi | Junín Black Crake, Junin Crake, Junin Rail, Junín Rail | EN | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Neotis ludwigii | Ludwig's Bustard | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio hochstetteri | Takahe | EN | increasing |
| PSOPHIIDAE | Psophia viridis | Dark-winged Trumpeter | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus semiplumbeus | Bogota Rail, Bogotá Rail | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus wetmorei | Plain-flanked Rail | EN | decreasing |
| RHYNOCHETIDAE | Rhynochetos jubatus | Kagu | EN | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura ayresi | White-winged Crake, White-winged Flufftail | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura watersi | Slender-billed Flufftail, Waters's Crake, Waters's Flufftail | EN | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Sypheotides indicus | Lesser Florican, Likh | EN | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix olivii | Buff-breasted Buttonquail, Buff-breasted Button-quail | EN | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis magnirostris | Talaud Bush-hen | VU | decreasing |
| GRUIDAE | Anthropoides paradiseus | Blue Crane, Stanley Crane | VU | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Aramides wolfi | Brown Wood-rail, Brown Wood Rail, Brown Wood-Rail | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Aramidopsis plateni | Platen's Rail, Snoring Rail | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Atlantisia rogersi | Inaccessible Island Rail, Inaccessible Rail | VU | stable |
| GRUIDAE | Balearica pavonina | Black Crowned-crane, Black Crowned Crane, Black Crowned-Crane, Northern Crowned Crane | VU | decreasing |
| GRUIDAE | Bugeranus carunculatus | Wattled Crane | VU | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Chlamydotis undulata | Houbara, Houbara Bustard | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Coturnicops exquisitus | Asian Yellow Rail, Siberian Crake, Swinhoe's Rail | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica alai | Hawaiian Coot | VU | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula nesiotis | Gough Moorhen, Tristan Moorhen | VU | increasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus australis | Weka | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus calayanensis | Calayan Rail | VU | stable |
| GRUIDAE | Grus antigone | Sarus Crane | VU | decreasing |
| GRUIDAE | Grus monacha | Hooded Crane | VU | decreasing |
| GRUIDAE | Grus nigricollis | Black-necked Crane, Tibetan Crane | VU | decreasing |
| GRUIDAE | Grus vipio | White-naped Crane, White-necked Crane | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gymnocrex rosenbergii | Bald-faced Rail, Blue-faced Rail, Schlegel's Rail | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Habroptila wallacii | Invisible Rail, Wallace's Rail | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus spilonotus | Galapagos Crake, Galapagos Rail, Galápagos Rail | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus xenopterus | Rufous-faced Crake | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Lewinia muelleri | Auckland Islands Rail, Auckland Rail | VU | stable |
| MESITORNITHIDAE | Mesitornis unicolor | Brown Mesite, Brown Roatelo | VU | decreasing |
| MESITORNITHIDAE | Mesitornis variegatus | White-breasted Mesite, White-breasted Roatelo | VU | decreasing |
| MESITORNITHIDAE | Monias benschi | Bensch's Mesite, Monias, Subdesert Mesite | VU | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Otis tarda | Great Bustard | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana atra | Henderson Crake, Henderson Island Crake, Henderson Island Rail, Red-eyed Crake | VU | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana spiloptera | Dot-winged Crake | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus antarcticus | Austral Rail | VU | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus madagascariensis | Madagascar Rail, Madagascar Water Rail | VU | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix everetti | Sumba Buttonquail | VU | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Ardeotis arabs | Arabian Bustard | NT | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis caerulescens | Blue Bustard, Blue Korhaan | NT | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis humilis | Little Brown Bustard | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica caribaea | Caribbean Coot | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica cornuta | Horned Coot | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus insignis | New Britain Rail, Pink-legged Rail | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus rovianae | Roviana Rail | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus jamaicensis | Black Rail | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Megacrex inepta | New Guinea Flightless Rail, Papuan Flightless Rail | NT | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Neotis denhami | Denham's Bustard, Stanley Bustard | NT | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Neotis nuba | Nubian Bustard | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Nesoclopeus woodfordi | Woodford's Rail | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana paykullii | Band-bellied Crake | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina canningi | Andaman Crake | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina leucospila | White-striped Forest Crake, White-striped Forest-rail, White-striped Forest-Rail | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rougetius rougetii | Rouget's Rail | NT | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Tetrax tetrax | Little Bustard | NT | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix melanogaster | Black-breasted Buttonquail, Black-breasted Button-quail | NT | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | Striped Crake | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurolimnas concolor | Uniform Crake | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis akool | Brown Bush-hen, Brown Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis bicolor | Black-tailed Crake | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis flavirostra | Black Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis isabellina | Isabelline Bush-hen, Isabelline Waterhen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis moluccana | Pale-vented Bush-hen, Rufous-tailed Waterhen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis olivacea | Bush-hen, Plain Bush-hen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Amaurornis phoenicurus | White-breasted Waterhen | LC | unknown |
| GRUIDAE | Anthropoides virgo | Demoiselle Crane | LC | increasing |
| RALLIDAE | Anurolimnas castaneiceps | Chestnut-headed Crake | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Anurolimnas fasciatus | Black-banded Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Anurolimnas viridis | Russet-crowned Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Aramides axillaris | Rufous-necked Wood-rail, Rufous-necked Wood Rail, Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Aramides cajaneus | Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Grey-necked Wood-rail, Grey-necked Wood Rail, Grey-necked Wood-Rail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Aramides calopterus | Red-winged Wood-rail, Red-winged Wood Rail, Red-winged Wood-Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Aramides mangle | Little Wood-rail, Little Wood Rail, Little Wood-Rail | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Aramides saracura | Slaty-breasted Wood-rail, Slaty-breasted Wood Rail, Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Aramides ypecaha | Giant Wood-rail, Giant Wood Rail, Giant Wood-Rail | LC | decreasing |
| ARAMIDAE | Aramus guarauna | Limpkin | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Ardeotis australis | Australian Bustard | LC | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Ardeotis kori | Kori Bustard | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Canirallus kioloides | Kioloides Rail, Madagascar Grey-throated Rail, Madagascar Wood Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Canirallus oculeus | Grey-throated Rail | LC | decreasing |
| CARIAMIDAE | Cariama cristata | Red-legged Seriema | LC | stable |
| CARIAMIDAE | Chunga burmeisteri | Black-legged Seriema | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Coturnicops notatus | Speckled Crake, Speckled Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Coturnicops noveboracensis | Yellow Rail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Crecopsis egregia | African Crake | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Crex crex | Corncrake, Corn Crake | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Dryolimnas cuvieri | White-throated Rail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Eulabeornis castaneoventris | Chestnut Rail | LC | unknown |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis afra | Black Bustard | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis afraoides | White-quilled Bustard | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis gindiana | Buff-crested Bustard | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis hartlaubii | Hartlaub's Bustard | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis melanogaster | Black-bellied Bustard | LC | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis rueppellii | Rueppell's Bustard, Rüppell's Bustard, Rüppell's Korhaan | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis ruficrista | Red-crested Bustard | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis savilei | Savile's Bustard | LC | stable |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis senegalensis | White-bellied Bustard | LC | decreasing |
| OTIDIDAE | Eupodotis vigorsii | Karoo Bustard, Karoo Korhaan | LC | increasing |
| EURYPYGIDAE | Eurypyga helias | Sunbittern | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica americana | American Coot | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica ardesiaca | Andean Coot, Slate-colored Coot, Slate-coloured Coot | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica armillata | Red-gartered Coot | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica atra | Common Coot, Coot, Eurasian Coot, European Coot | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica cristata | Crested Coot, Red-knobbed Coot, Red-Knobbed Coot | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica gigantea | Giant Coot | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica leucoptera | White-winged Coot | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Fulica rufifrons | Red-fronted Coot | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Gallicrex cinerea | Watercock | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula angulata | Lesser Moorhen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen, Moorhen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula melanops | Spot-flanked Gallinule | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula mortierii | Tasmanian Nativehen, Tasmanian Native-hen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula tenebrosa | Dusky Moorhen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Gallinula ventralis | Black-tailed Nativehen, Black-tailed Native-hen | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus philippensis | Banded Land-Rail, Banded Rail, Buff-banded Rail, Sharpe's Rail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus striatus | Slaty-breasted Rail | LC | increasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gallirallus torquatus | Barred Rail | LC | unknown |
| GRUIDAE | Grus canadensis | Sandhill Crane | LC | increasing |
| GRUIDAE | Grus grus | Common Crane, Crane | LC | unknown |
| GRUIDAE | Grus rubicunda | Brolga | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | Bare-eyed Rail | LC | unknown |
| HELIORNITHIDAE | Heliornis fulica | Sungrebe | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Himantornis haematopus | Nkulengu Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus albigularis | White-throated Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus exilis | Gray-breasted Crake, Grey-breasted Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus leucopyrrhus | Red-and-white Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus melanophaius | Rufous-sided Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Laterallus ruber | Ruddy Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Lewinia pectoralis | Lewin's Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Micropygia schomburgkii | Ocellated Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Neocrex erythrops | Paint-billed Crake | LC | unknown |
| OTIDIDAE | Neotis heuglinii | Heuglin's Bustard | LC | stable |
| TURNICIDAE | Ortyxelos meiffrenii | Lark Buttonquail, Quail-plover | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Pardirallus maculatus | Spotted Rail | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Pardirallus nigricans | Blackish Rail | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | Plumbeous Rail | LC | stable |
| HELIORNITHIDAE | Podica senegalensis | African Finfoot | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio alleni | Allen's Gallinule, Lesser Gallinule | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio flavirostris | Azure Gallinule | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio martinicus | American Purple Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Yellow-legged Gallinule | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porphyrio porphyrio | Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamphen, Purple Swamp-Hen | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana albicollis | Ash-throated Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana carolina | Sora | LC | increasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana cinerea | White-browed Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana flaviventer | Yellow-breasted Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana fluminea | Australian Crake, Australian Spotted Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana fusca | Ruddy-breasted Crake | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana parva | Little Crake | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana porzana | Spotted Crake | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana pusilla | Baillon's Crake, Marsh Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Porzana tabuensis | Spotless Crake | LC | unknown |
| PSOPHIIDAE | Psophia crepitans | Gray-winged Trumpeter, Grey-winged Trumpeter | LC | decreasing |
| PSOPHIIDAE | Psophia leucoptera | Pale-winged Trumpeter | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina eurizonoides | Slaty-legged Crake | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina fasciata | Red-legged Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina forbesi | Forbes's Forest Crake, Forbes's Forest-rail, Forbes's Forest-Rail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina rubra | Chestnut Forest Crake, Chestnut Forest-rail, Chestnut Forest-Rail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina tricolor | Red-necked Crake | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus aquaticus | European Water Rail, Water Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus caerulescens | African Rail, African Water Rail, Kaffir Rail | LC | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus elegans | King Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus limicola | Virginia Rail | LC | increasing |
| RALLIDAE | Rallus longirostris | Clapper Rail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura affinis | Red-tailed Flufftail, Striped Flufftail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura boehmi | Streaky-breasted Flufftail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura elegans | Buff-spotted Flufftail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura insularis | Madagascar Flufftail | LC | stable |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura lugens | Chestnut-headed Flufftail, Long-toed Flufftail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura pulchra | White-spotted Flufftail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Sarothrura rufa | Red-chested Flufftail | LC | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix castanotus | Chestnut-backed Buttonquail, Chestnut-backed Button-quail | LC | stable |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix hottentottus | Black-rumped Buttonquail, Hottentot Buttonquail | LC | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix maculosus | Red-backed Buttonquail, Red-backed Button-quail | LC | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix nigricollis | Madagascar Buttonquail | LC | stable |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix ocellatus | Spotted Buttonquail | LC | unknown |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix pyrrhothorax | Red-chested Buttonquail, Red-chested Button-quail | LC | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix suscitator | Barred Buttonquail | LC | increasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix sylvaticus | Andalusian Hemipode, Kurrichane Buttonquail, Small Buttonquail | LC | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix tanki | Yellow-legged Buttonquail | LC | stable |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix varius | Painted Buttonquail, Painted Button-quail | LC | decreasing |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix velox | Little Buttonquail, Little Button-quail | LC | decreasing |
| RALLIDAE | Lewinia mirifica | Brown-banded Rail | DD | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Neocrex colombiana | Colombian Crake | DD | unknown |
| RALLIDAE | Rallina mayri | Mayr's Forest Crake, Mayr's Forest-rail, Mayr's Forest-Rail | DD | stable |
| TURNICIDAE | Turnix worcesteri | Luzon Buttonquail, Worcester's Buttonquail | DD | unknown |
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birds-cranes chart is available at here. This table and chart was last updated on August 8, 2012, based on data downloaded from the IUCN Red List site. For a species profile, click on its scientific name.
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