After Livezey & Zusi, 2007, with species from Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2011
<==o Ralliformes (Reichenbach, 1854) |?-o †Songziidae Hou, 1990 | |?- †Vanolimicola longihallucis Mayr, 2017 | `--o †Songzia | |-- †S. heidangkouensis | `-- †S. acutunguis |--o Heliornithidae GR Gray, 1840 [Heliornithes] (uimarikanat, uikkukanat) | |-- Heliopais personatus (GR Gray, 1849) Sharpe, 1893 (aasianuikkukana) | |-- Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783) Bonnaterre 1791 (amerikanuikkukana) | `--o Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) Lesson, 1831 (afrikanuikkukana) | |-- P. s. camerunensis Sjostedt 1893 | |-- P. s. petersii Hartlaub 1852 | |-- P. s. senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) | `-- P. s. somereni Chapin 1954 `-- Rallidae Rafinesque, 1815 [Ralli] (rantakanat)
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