Australian Crake
Porzana flumineaGould, J, 1843
English (US) Australian Crake
The Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea) 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: Australia including Tasmania, but excluding far northRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Porzana fluminea
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Australian Crake
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1843
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1843
- Type locality
- New South Wales.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.10, no.117 p.139
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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