Kingdom: Animalia       Phylum: Chordata       Class: Aves (Birds)       Order: Gruiformes        Family: Rallidae

Brown Crake  Amaurornis akool  common resident
Black-tailed Crake  Amaurornis bicolor  resident
White-breasted Waterhen  Amaurornis phoenicurus  common resident
Corn Crake  Crex crex  vagrant
Common Coot  Fulica atra  common resident and winter visitor
Watercock  Gallicrex cinerea  common resident
Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus  common resident
Slaty-breasted Rail  Gallirallus striatus  common resident
Purple Swamphen  Porphyrio porphyrio  common resident
Ruddy-breasted Crake  Porzana fusca  common resident
Little Crake Porzana parva  rare winter visitor
Spotted Crake  Porzana porzana  common winter visitor
Baillon's Crake  Porzana pusilla  common winter visitor, some resident
Andaman Crake  Rallina canningi  resident in Andamans
Slaty-legged Crake  Rallina eurizonoides  common resident in south India
Red-legged Crake  Rallina fasciata  probable vagrant; some resident in Assam
Water Rail  Rallus aquaticus  common winter visitor, some breed in Kashmir


Anseriformes Apodiformes Bucerotiformes Caprimulgiformes Charadriiformes Ciconiiformes Columbiformes Coraciiformes Cuculiformes
 
Falconiformes Galliformes Gaviiformes Gruiformes Passeriformes Pelecaniformes Phoenicopteriformes Piciformes Podicipediformes
 
Procellariiformes Psittaciformes Pteroclidiformes  Strigiformes  Trogoniformes Turniciformes Upupiformes