Sora
Porzana carolina(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Sora
The Sora (Porzana carolina) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: breeds southern Alaska to northern Baja California and southern USA; winters to West Indies and northern South AmericaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Porzana carolina
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sora
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus carolinus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- North America = Hudson Bay, ex Edwards.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.153
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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