After Olson, 1975, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, Livezay, 1998, and Sibley & Monroe, 1990

<==o Rallini Rafinesque, 1815 (nokikanat; true rails)
   |?- Aenigmatolimnas marginalis (pitkävarvashuitti)
   |--+-- †Aphanapteryx bonasia Sélys-Longchamps, 1848) Frauenfeld, 1868 (Mauritiuksenhuitti; Mauritius rail)
   |  |--+-- †Cabalus modestus (Hutton, 1872) Hutton, 1874 (chathamsaartenluhtakana) [is also a Rallina?]
   |  |  `--†Capellirallus karamu Falla, 1954 (snipe-billed rail)
   |  `--+-- †Aphanapteryx leguati (Milne-Edwards, 1874) (rodriguesinluhtakana; Rodriquez rail)
   |     `--+-- Nasotrochis
   |        `-- †Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi Forbes, 1892 (Hawkin's rail)
   |--o Pardirallina Livezey, 1998
   |  |-- Cyanolimnas cerverai Barbour & Peters, 1927 (kuubanluhtakana; Zapata rail)
   |  |-- Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783) Bonaparte, 1856 (helmiluhtakana; spotted rail)
   |  `--o Ortygonax Heine, 1890 [Pardirallus] ()?
   |     |-- O. nigricans (Vieillot, 1819) (tummaluhtakana; blackish rail)
   |     `-- O. sanguinolentus (Swainson, 1838) (liuskeluhtakana; plumbeous rail)
   `--+-- Rallina Rafinesque, 1815 (luhtakanat; long-billed rails)
      `==o Crecina Olphe-Galliard, 1887 (luhtakanat; crakes) [paraphyletic]
         |--o Atlantisia Lowe, 1923 (atlantisluhtakanat; Sout Atlantig fightless rails)
         |  |-- †A. elpenor Olson, 1973 (ascensioninluhtakana; Ascension Island rail)
         |  `-- A. rogersi Lowe, 1923 (erakkoluhtakana; Inaccessible Island rail)
         `==o Laterallus G.R. Grey, 1855 (rääkät; blackish and ruddy crakes) [paraphyleric]
            |--o (Creciscus) Cabanis, 1857 (blackish crakes)
            |  |-- L. (C.) spilonotus (Gould, 1841) (galapagosinrääkkä; Galápagos crake)
            |  `--o L. (C.) jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) (mustarääkkä; black crake)
            |     |-- L. (C.) j. jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) [incl. salinasi, coturniculus] (mustarääkkä; black crake)
            |     |-- L. (C.) j. tuerosi Fjeldså, 1983 (Junín crake)
            |     `-- L. (C.) j. murivagans (Riley, 1916) (cinnamon-vented crake)
            `==o (Laterallus) G.R. Grey, 1855 (ruddy crakes) [paraphyletic]
               |-- L. fasciatus (Sclater & Salvin, 1867) (mustavyörääkkä; black-banded ruddy-crake)
               |--+-- L. levraudi (Sclater & Salvin, 1868) (orinakonrääkkä; rusty-flanked ruddy-crake)
               |  |-- L. viridis (Müller, 1776) (pensasrääkkä; russet-crowned ruddy-crake)
               |  `-- L. ruber (Sclater & Salvin, 1860) (meksikonrääkkä; black-headed ruddy-crake)
               |--+-- L. melanophaius (Vieillot, 1819) (eteläamerikanrääkkä; rufous-sided ruddy-crake)
               |  `--+-- L. cinereiceps (Lawrence, 1875) (grey-headed ruddy-crake)
               |     `--+-- L. albigularis (Lawrence, 1861) [incl. cerdaleus] (lymyrääkkä; white-throated ruddy-crake)
               |        `--+-- L. exilis (Temminck, 1831) (ruohikkorääkkä; gray-breasted ruddy-crake)
               |           `--+-- L. leucopyrrhus (Vieillot, 1819) (paranarääkkä; white-breasted ruddy-crake)
               |              `-- L. xenopterus Conover, 1934 (paraguaynrääkkä; rufous-faced ruddy-crake)
               `==o Porzana Vieillot, 1816 [Aphanolimnas] (huitit; gray crakes and allies) [paraphyletic]
                  |?- †P. sp. [Olson & Wingate, in prep.] (bermudanhuitti; Bermuda crake)
                  |?- †P. astrictocarpus Olson, 1973 (santhelenanhuitti; St. Helena Island crake)
                  |?- †P. rua Steadman, 1986 (Mangaianhuitti; Mangaian crake)
                  |?- †P. ziegleri Olson & James, 1991 (oahunvähähuitti; lesser Oahu crake)
                  |?- †P. menehune Olson & James, 1991 (molokainvähähuitti; lesser Molokai crake)
                  |?- †P. keplerorum Olson & James, 1991 (mauinvähähuitti; lesser Maui crake)
                  |?- †P. ralphorum Olson & James, 1991 (oahunisohuitti; greater Oahu crake)
                  |?- †P.seversi  Olson & James, 1991 (mauinisohuitti; grater Maui crake)
                  |==o (Corethrura) G.R. Grey, 1846 (reddish crakes) [paraphyletic]
                  |  |-- †Porzana (Corethrura) sandwichensis (Gmelin, 1789) (havaijinhuitti; Hawaiian crake)
                  |  `--+-- Porzana (Corethrura) fusca (Linnaeus, 1766) (kiinanhuitti; ruddy-breasted crake)
                  |     |-- Porzana (Corethrura) paykullii (Ljungh, 1813) (rumpaliräikkä; band-bellied crake)
                  |     `--+--o Coturnicops G.R. Grey, 1854 (rääkkiäiset; barred-backed crakes)
                  |        |  |-- C. notatus (Gould, 1841) (darwininrääkkiäinen; Darwin's crake)
                  |        |  `--o C. noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789) (kultarääkkiäinen)
                  |        |     |-- C. n. exquisitus (Swinhoe, 1873) (kiinankultarääkkiäinen; Swinhoe's Rail, Chinese yellow crake)
                  |        |     `-- C. n. noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789) [incl. goldmani] (amerikankultarääkkiäinen; American yellow crake)
                  |        `--+--o Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856 [Coturnicops, Porzana] (keltarintahuitit, yellow-breasted crakes)
                  |           |  |-- M. schomburgkii (Schomburgk, 1848) [Coturnicops schomburgkii] (sihinärääkkiäinen; ocellated crake)
                  |           |  `-- M. flaviventer (Boddaert, 1783) [Porzana flaviventer] (keltarintahuitti;  yellow-breasted crake)
                  |           `--+--o Porzana (Poliolimnas) Sharpe, 1893 (pale-browed crakes)
                  |              |  |-- P. (P.) cinerea (Vieillot, 1819) (harmaarintahuitti)
                  |              |  `-- P. (P.) marginalis Hartlaub, 1857 (striped crake)
                  |              `==o (Porzana) Vieillot, 1816 (huitit; gray crakes) [paraphyletic]
                  |                 |-- Porzana (Porzana) parva (Scopoli, 1769) (pikkuhuitti; little crake)
                  |                 `--+--o Porzana (Porzana) porzana -species-group
                  |                    |  |-- P. (P.) pusilla (Pallas, 1776) (kääpiöhitti; Baillon's crake)
                  |                    |  `--+-- P. (P.) carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) (amerikanhuitti; Sora crake)
                  |                    |     `--+-- P. (P.) porzana (Linnaeus, 1766) (luhtahuitti; spot-breasted crake)
                  |                    |        `-- P. (P.) fluminea Gould, 1842 (australianhuitti; spotted crake)
                  |                    `--+-- †Porzana (Porzana) palmeri (Frohawk, 1892) (laysaninhuitti; Laysan crake)
                  |                       `--+-- Porzana (Porzana) spiloptera Durnford, 1877 (pampahuitti; dot-winged crake)
                  |                          `--o Crex Bachstein, 1803 [Porzana] (ruisrääkät; greater crakes)
                  |                             |-- C. crex (Linnaeus, 1758) (ruisrääkkä; corn crake)
                  |                             |-- C. egregia (Peters, 1854) [Porzana egregia; Crecopsis egregia] (savannihuitti; African crake)
                  |                             `-- C. albicollis (Vieillot, 1819) [Porzana albicollis] (sepelhuitti; white-necked crake)
                  `==o Porzana (Limnocorax) Peters, 1854 (black crakes) [paraphyletic]
                     |-- Porzana (Limnocorax) tabuensis (Gmelin, 1789) (putotohuitti; spotless crake)
                     `--+-- †Porzana (L.) monasa (Kittlitz, 1858) [Aphanolimnas monasa] (kusaisaartenhuitti; Kosrae crake)
                        `--+-- Porzana (Limnocorax) atra North, 1908 (nokihuitti; Henderson Island crake)
                           `--+-- Porzana (Limnocorax) flavirostra (Swainson, 1837) (mustahuitti; black crake)
                              `--+-- Porzana (Limnocorax) olivieri Grandidier & Berlioz, 1927) (madagaskarinhuitti; Madagascan crake)
                                 `--+--+-- Porzana (Limnocorax) bicolor Walden, 1872 (pikkusuokana; black-tailed crake)
                                    |  `--o (Neocrex) Sclater & Salvin, 1868 (red-billed crakes)
                                    |     |-- P. (N.) columbiana (Bangs, 1898) (kolumbianhuitti; Colombian crake)
                                    |     `-- P. (N.) erythrops Sclater, 1867 (punajalkahuitti; paint-billed crake)
                                    `--+--o Amaurornithina Livezey, 1998
                                       |  `--o Amaurornis Reichenbach, 1853 [incl. Megacrex] (suokanat; waterhens)
                                       |     |--o A. olivaceus (Meyen, 1834) (naukusuokana)
                                       |     |  |-- A. o. olivaceus (Meyen, 1834) (naukusuokana; rufous-tailed waterhen)
                                       |     |  |-- A. o. moluccanus (Wallace, 1865) [incl. nigrifrons, frankii, ultimus] (Rufous-vented waterhen)
                                       |     |  |-- A. o. ruficrissus (Gould, 1869) (red-fronted waterhen)
                                       |     |  `?- A. o. magnirostris Lambert, 1998 (Talaud waterhen)
                                       |     `--+-- A. phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769) (ojasuokana; white-brested waterhen)
                                       |        `--+-- A. akool (Sykes, 1832) (ruskosuokana; brown waterhen)
                                       |           `--+-- A. isabellinus (Schlegel, 1865) (celebesinsuokana; Isabelline waterhen)
                                       |              `-- A. ineptus (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) [Megacrex inepta] (rujosuokana; New Guinean flightess waterhen)
                                       `-- Fulicarina (Nitzsch, 1820) sensu Livezey, 1998 (lieju- ja nokikanat; moorhens and coots)

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