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Amaurornis is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. The species in this genus are typically called bush-hens.
The genus name comes from the Greek amauros, meaning "dusky" or "brown", and ornis, meaning "bird".

1/ White-breasted waterhen (Cuốc ngực trắng, Amaurornis phoenicurus)
The species name phoenicurus is from Ancient Greek phoinix, "red", and -ouros -"tailed".

Crex is a genus of bird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
The binomial name, Crex crex, from the ancient Greek, is onomatopoeic, referring to the crake's repetitive grating call.

1/ Corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Gà vằn hung, Crex crex) 

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica, the name being the Latin term for "coot".

1/ Eurasian coot (Sâm cầm, Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot

Gallicrex is a genus of birds in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
The genus name combines the genus Gallus (From Latin gallus: “rooster, cock, male chicken") with the genus Crex (From Ancient Greek kréx, “corn crake”).

1/ Watercock (Gà đồng, Gallicrex cinerea)
cinerea is borrowed from Latin cinereus (“ashy”).

Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae).
Most species are placed in the genus Gallinula, Latin for "little hen or chicken".

1/ Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken
The Greek chloropus: Chloris ("Khloris" or from "Khloros"), meaning "greenish-yellow," "pale green," "pale," or "fresh";
pous foot.

Poliolimnas is a genus of bird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
Ancient Greek (poliós, “grey”).

1/ White-browed crake (Poliolimnas cinereus) 
cinereus: Latin from cinis (ashes), meaning ashy grey.
Other names:
Porzana cinerea
Amaurornis cinerea
Porphyrio cinereus

Porphyrio is the swamphen or swamp hen bird genus in the rail family.

Gruiformes, Gruidae: from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
The genus name Porphyrio is the Latin name for "swamphen", meaning "purple".

1/ Western swamphen (Xít, Porphyrio porphyrio)

2/ Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) 
or Gray-headed swamp hen

Le terme râle est le nom vernaculaire donné à de nombreux oiseaux répartis dans plusieurs genres de la famille des Rallidés. 
Ce inclut des marouettes, des talèves, des foulques, et des gallinules ou poules d'eau.

Gruiformes, Gruidae: Ce mot latin grus qui signifie "grue".
Rallidae: est dérivé du mot latin rallus pour un genre d'oiseaux de la famille râles, une famille d'oiseaux aquatiques.

The avian family Rallidae, also known as rails, is a large, cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized terrestrial and/or semi-amphibious birds of the order Gruiformes.
The family includes such ubiquitous species as the crakes, coots, and gallinule.
"Rail" is the anglicized respelling of the French râle, from Old French rasle. It is named from its harsh cry, in Vulgar Latin *rascula, from Latin rādere ("to scrape").

Les Rallidae (ou rallidés en français) sont une famille d'oiseaux nommés râles, marouettes, talèves, foulques, et gallinules ou poules d'eau.

Gruiformes, Gruidae: Ce mot latin grus qui signifie "grue".
Rallidae: est dérivé du mot latin rallus pour un genre d'oiseaux de la famille râles, une famille d'oiseaux aquatiques.

Rallina is a genus of bird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
The genus name is feminine diminutive of Medieval Latin rallus (“rail”).

1/ Red-legged crake (Gà nước họng nâu, Rallina fasciata)
New Latin fasciatus means banded or striped.

2/ Slaty-legged crake or banded crake (Gà nước họng trắng, Rallina eurizonoides)
eurizon in Greek means Euro.
"-oides", "oida" is Greek or Latin for like, resembling, descendant of.

Rallus is a genus of wetland birds of the rail and crake family Rallidae.
The genus name Rallus comes from the pre-binomial Latin name Rallus aquaticus for the water rail, but the exact etymology of the word is uncertain.

1/ Water rail (Gà nước Ấn Độ, Rallus aquaticus) 

Zapornia is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae.
The genus name is an anagram of the genus Porzana.

1/ Brown crake (Cuốc chân đỏ, Zapornia akool), or brown bush-hen

2/ Baillon's crake (Zapornia pusilla), also known as the marsh crake
This bird is named after French naturalist Louis Antoine Francois Baillon. 
The names marsh crake and tiny crake have previously been used to refer to this species. pusillus is Latin for "very small".

3/ Band-bellied crake (Cuốc nâu, Zapornia paykullii)

4/ Ruddy-breasted crake (Cuốc ngực nâu, Zapornia fusca), or ruddy crake

5/ Black-tailed crake (Cuốc ngực xám, Zapornia bicolor)