Living and Recently Extinct Species
- Weka, Gallirallus australis
- Calayan Rail, Gallirallus calayanensis
- Dieffenbach's Rail, Gallirallus dieffenbachii - extinct (mid-19th century)
- Tongatapu Rail, Gallirallus hypoleucus - extinct (late 18th - 19th century)
- New Britain Rail, Gallirallus insignis
- New Caledonian Rail, Gallirallus lafresnayanus - probably extinct (c.1990?)
- Okinawa Rail, Gallirallus okinawae
- Guam Rail, Gallirallus owstoni - extinct in the wild (late 1980s)
- Tahiti Rail, Gallirallus pacificus - extinct (late 18th - 19th century)
- Buff-banded Rail, Gallirallus philippensis
- Roviana Rail, Gallirallus rovianae
- Sharpe's Rail, Gallirallus sharpei - if valid, possibly extinct (20th century?)
- Slaty-breasted Rail, Gallirallus striatus
- Lord Howe Woodhen, Gallirallus sylvestris
- Barred Rail, Gallirallus torquatus
- Wake Island Rail, Gallirallus wakensis - extinct (1945)
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