Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Gruiformes > Rallidae > Porzana

Porzana (soras and lesser crakes)

Synonyms: Aphanolimnas; Nesophylax; Poliolimnas; Porzanula

Wikipedia Abstract

Porzana is a disputed genus of birds in the crake and rail family, (Rallidae). Its scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for small rails. The Spotted Crake (P. porzana) is the type species.
View Wikipedia Record: Porzana

Species

Porzana albicollis (Ash-throated Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana atra (Red-eyed Crake) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Porzana bicolor (Black-tailed Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana carolina (Sora) (Attributes)
Porzana cinerea (White-browed Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana estramosi
Porzana flaviventer (Yellow-breasted Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana fluminea (Australian Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana fusca (Ruddy-breasted Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana keplerorum
Porzana menehune
Porzana monasa (Kosrae Rail) (Extinct)
Porzana palmeri (Laysan Rail) (Extinct)
Porzana parva (Little Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana paykullii (Band-bellied Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana piercei
Porzana porzana (Spotted Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana pusilla (Baillon's Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana ralphorum
Porzana rua (Mangaia crake)
Porzana sandwichensis (Hawaiian Rail) (Extinct)
Porzana severnsi
Porzana spiloptera (Dot-winged Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana tabuensis (Spotless Crake) (Attributes)
Porzana ziegleri

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0