Author name: Editor

Scientific name: Porphyrio martinica
English: Purple Gallinule
Dutch: Amerikaans Purperhoen
Sranan: Blawkepanki
Trio: Kinotoimë
Wayana: Tokataimë

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.

Scientific name: Porzana albicollis
English: Ash-throated Crake
Dutch: Witkeelporseleinhoen
Sranan: Anamu
Trio: Sokorope
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Distribution
Common in the coastal plain and the southern savanna area.

Scientific name: Laterallus exilis
English: Gray-breasted Crake
Dutch: Amazonedwergral
Sranan: Anamu
Trio: Pirikoko
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Scientific name: Anurolimnas viridis
English: Russet-crowned Crake
Dutch: Roodkruinral
Sranan: Stonkriko
Trio: Suwisuwime
Wayana: Suwi

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Scientific name: Aramides axillaris
English: Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Dutch: Roodnekbosral
Sranan: Anamu
Trio: Kutakaimë
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Scientific name: Aramides cajaneus
English: Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Dutch: Cayennebosral
Sranan: Kriko
Trio: Kuhtaka
Wayana: Tokata

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Scientific name: Rallus longirostris
English: Clapper Rail
Dutch: Klapperral
Sranan: Anamu
Trio: Saurawa
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname, common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.