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 Porzana

Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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)

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	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.