<==o Rallus Linnaeus, 1758 (luhtakanat)
   |-- †R. sp. [Olson & Wingate, in prep.] (large Bermudan rail)
   |-- †R. sp. [Olson & Wingate, in prep.] (small Bermudan rail)
   |--o R. aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 (luhtakana; water rail)
   |  |-- R. a. aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 [incl. R. hibernans, R. korejewi] (luhtakana; water rail)
   |  `-- R. a. indicus Blyth, 1849 (brown-cheeked rail)
   |-- R. wetmorei Zimmer & Phelps, 1944 (venezuelanluhtakana; Wetmore's rail)
   |--o R. antarcticus King, 1828 (patagonianluhtakana)
   |  |-- R. a. antarcticus King, 1828 (patagonianluhtakana; Patagonian rail)
   |  |-- R. a. semiplumbeus (andienluhtakana; Bogotá Rail)
   |  `?- R. a. peruvianus (Peruvian Rail)
   |-- R. limicola Vieillot, 1819 (amerikanluhtakana; Virginian rail)
   `--o R. longirostris Boddaert, 1783 (amerikanluhtakana)
      |?- R. l. tenuirostris (Highland Rail)
      |--o R. l. longirostris Boddaert, 1783 -group (Clapper Rail)
      |  |-- [crepitans]
      |  |-- [waynei]
      |  |-- [coryi]
      |  |-- [pallidus]
      |  |-- [insularum] (pale morph)
      |  `-- [caribeus] (pale morph)
      `--o R. l. elegans Audubon, 1834 -group (King Rail)
         |-- [elegans]
         |-- [obsoletus] (Western Rail)
         |-- [beldingi]
         `-- [levipes]

Reference(s):

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

Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.

Last updated: 2002-09-12