Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Gruiformes > Suborder Ralli > Superfamily Ralloidea > Family Rallidae > Genus Rallus

Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rallus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gjeli i ujit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Воден дърдавец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: vandrikse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: waterral sources: Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.

English: water rail sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: Râle d'eau sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Wasserralle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Νεροκοτσέλα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: רלית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: porciglione sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ilgasnapė vištelė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: vannrikse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: vannrikse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: vassrikse sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: wodnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: cârstel de baltă sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: пастушок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: rálóg uisce sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mokož sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: rascón europeo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: vattenrall sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: su kilavuzu; su kılavuzu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Пастушок sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: rhegen ddwr

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.