After Olson, 1975, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, Livezey, 1998, and Sibley & Monroe, 1990
<==o Rallidae Rafinesque, 1815, non Vigors, 1825? (rantakanat) |?- †Creccoides |?- †Eocrex |?- †Euryonotus |?- †Fulicaletornis |?- †Ibidopsis |?-o †Ludiortyx | |-- †L. hoffmanni (Gervais, 1852) [Palaeortyx hoffmanni (Gervais, 1852)] | `-- †L. blanchardii (Milne Edwards, 1869) [Palaeortyx blanchardii Milne Edwards, 1869] |?- †Miofulica |?- †Miorallus |?- †Palaeogramides |?- †Pararallus |?- †Paraortygometra |?- †Rallicrex |?- †Palaeorallus troxelli |?-o †Quercyrallus | |-- †Q. arenarius | |-- †Q. dasypus | `-- †Q. quercy |?- †Youngornis gracilis |-- Himantornis haematopus Hartlaub, 1855 [Himantornithinae Bonaparte, 1856] (kurkirääkkä; Nkulenga rail) `--o Rallinae Rafinesque, 1815, non Vigors, 1825? (rantakanat) |-- Porphyriornithini Reichenbach, 1849 sensu Livezey, 1998 (sulttaanikanamaiset rantakanat; swamphens) `--+--o Gymnocrecini Livezey, 1998 (mangrovekanat; bare-faced rails) | |-- Habroptila wallacii G.R. Gray, 1860 (nokiluhtakana, uudenbritannianhuitti; Wallace's rail) | `--o Gymnocrex Salvadori, 1875 (mangrovekanat; bare-faced rails) | |?- G. talaudensis Lambert, 1998 (talaudsaarteenmangrovekana; Talaud Islans rail) | |-- G. rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) (celebesinmangrovekana; bald-faced rail) | `-- G. plumbeiventris (G.R. Grey, 1862) (papuanmangrovekana; bare-eyed rail) `==o Eulabeornithini Livezey, 1998 [paraphyletic] |-- Eulabeornis castaneoventris Gould, 1844 (trumpettimangrovekana; chestnut rail) |--o Aramides Pucheran, 1845 (metsärääkät; wood-rails) | |-- A. saracura (Spix, 1825) (parananmangrovekana; slate-breasted wood-rail) | |-- A. calopterus Sclater & Salvin, 1878) (amazonianmangrovekana; chestnut-winged wood-rail) | |-- A. wolfi Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1883 (ruskomangrovekana; brown wood-rail) | |-- A. ypecaha (Vieillot, 1819) (isomangrovekana; giant wood-rail) | |-- A. mangle (Spix, 1825) [=? A. concolor] (bahianmangrovekana; little wood-rail) | |-- A. axillaris Lawrence, 1863 (kastanjamangrovekana; rufous-necked wood-rail) | `--o A. cajanea (Müller, 1776) (mölymangrovekana) | |-- A. c. cajanea (Müller, 1776) [incl. A. c. latens, A. c. morrisoni and A. c. gutturalis] (mölymangrovekana; grey-necked wood-rail) | |-- A. c. plumbeicollis Zeledon, 1888 (rufous-necked wood-rail) | |-- A. c. mexicana Bangs, 1907 [incl. A. c. pacifica] (northern wood-rail) | `-- A. c. albiventris Lawrence, 1867 [incl. A. c. vanrossemi] (white-bellied wood-rail) |--o Canirallus [Mentocrex] Bonaparte, 1856 (metsähuitit; pale-throated rails) | |-- C. oculeus (Hartlaub, 1855) (guineanmetsähuitti; gray-throated rail) | `-- C. kioloides (Pucheran, 1845) [Mentocrex kioloides] (madagaskarinmetsähuitti; white-chinned rail) |?-o †Nesotrochis Wetmore, 1918 (länsi-intianluolahuitit; West Indian cave-rails) | |-- †N. debooyi Wetmore, 1918 (pikkuantillienluolahuitti; Antillean cave-rail) | |-- †N. steganinos Olson, 1974 (haitinluolahuitti; Haitian cave-rail) | `?- †N. picapicensis (Fischer & Stephan, 1971 (kuubanluolahuitti; Cuban cave-rail) `--+--o Anurolimnas Sharpe, 1893 (kukkujaräikät) | |?- A. viridis (pensasrääkkä) | |?- A. fasciatus (mustavyörääkkä) | `-- A. castaneiceps (Sclater & Salvin, 1868) (kukkujaräikkä) `--+-- Amaurolimnas concolor (Gosse, 1847) Sharpe, 1893 (pikkumangrovekana; rufous rail) `--+-- Rougetius rougetii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) Bonaparte, 1856 (etiopianluhtakana; Rouget's rail) `--+-- Sarothurini Verheyen, 1957 sensu Livezey, 1998 (räikkäset ja sukulaiset; flufftais and allies) `-- Rallini Rafinesque, 1815 (nokikanat; true rails)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420 - Livezey, B. C., 1998: A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae).
–Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Biology): Vol. 353, pp. 2077-2151 - Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990, - Olson, S. L., 1975: Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Baleobiology: Vol. 23, pp. iv-49 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.