Birds of the World

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Porzana (3 species)


Sora
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Range: NA: widespread
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A songbird sized rail usually deep in wetland grass. Soras migrate to the southern United States and as far as northern South America.

Australian Crake
Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea)
Range: AU: Australia (except n, sc)
Gould's Lagoon, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Spotted Crake
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Range: PAL: w Europe to c Asia
Kuwait  
   
Photograph by Mohd Khorshed     Copyright and usage info



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