Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Status: extant
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
  Status: extant
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
    Status: extant
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
      Status: extant
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
        Status: extant
           Order Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
          Status: extant
             Suborder Ralli Reichenbach - rails and allies
            Status: extant
               Family Rallidae Vigors, 1825 - rails, waterhens, coots
              Status: extant
                 Genus Fulica Linnaeus, 1758
                Status: extant
                   01 Fulica cristata Gmelin, 1789 - red-knobbed coot
                  Status: extant
                   02 Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 - common coot
                  Status: extant
                   03 Fulica alai Peale, 1848 - Hawaiian coot
                  Status: extant
                   04 Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 - American coot
                  Status: extant
                   05 Fulica caribaea Ridgway, 1884 - Caribbean coot
                  Status: extant
                   06 Fulica leucoptera Vieillot, 1817 - white-winged coot
                  Status: extant
                   07 Fulica ardesiaca Tschudi, 1843 - slate-colored coot
                  Status: extant
                   08 Fulica armillata Vieillot, 1817 - red-gartered coot
                  Status: extant
                   09 Fulica rufifrons Philippi & Landbeck, 1861 - red-fronted coot
                  Status: extant
                   10 Fulica gigantea Eydoux & Souleyet, 1841 - giant coot
                  Status: extant
                   11 Fulica cornuta Bonaparte, 1853 - horned coot
                  Status: extant