page_title: List of birds of Guam
section_title: Rails, gallinules, and coots
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Guam / Rails, gallinules, and coots
caption_attribution_description: White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea), Bueng Boraphet, Phra Non, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guam. The avifauna of Guam include a total of 143 species as of August 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World.
  Of them, eight have been introduced by humans and 32 are rare or accidental. Four species are endemic, of which one is extinct and two are extinct in the wild though their reintroductions are either in progress or planned. Five species have been extirpated.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Guam
  Endemic - a species entirely confined to Guam in its natural distribution
  Extinct - a recent bird that no longer exists
  Extinct in the wild - a species which only exists in captive breeding programs
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Guam as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Guam although populations exist elsewhere
context_section_description: Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae
  Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers. The Guam rail was formerly extinct in the wild but has been reintroduced to Rota and Cocos Island near Guam.
  Guam rail, Gallirallus owstoni (End)
  Eurasian moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
  Eurasian coot, Fulica atra (A)
  White-browed crake, Porzana cinerea (Ex)
caption: White-browed crake
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