Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Gruiformes > Family Rallidae > Genus Porzana

Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rallus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Porzana*	Vieillot, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Rallus carolina*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: soraral sources: Avibase - the world bird database

English: sora sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Sora sources: Charles Hussey

French: marouette de Caroline sources: Avibase - the world bird database

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

Lithuanian: geltonsnapė švygžda sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Turkish: karolina yelvesi; sora sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: rhegen sora

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (126 publications)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159013

Drs Cees Roselaar. Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96770