Sora Porzana carolina Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (44)
- Monotypic
Scott M. Melvin and James P. Gibbs
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 21, 2012
Text last updated December 21, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Каролинска пъструшка |
| Catalan | polla pintada americana |
| Croatian | crnogrla štijoka |
| Czech | chřástal karolínský |
| Danish | Sorarørvagtel |
| Dutch | Soraral |
| English | Sora |
| English (United States) | Sora |
| Finnish | amerikanhuitti |
| French | Marouette de Caroline |
| French (France) | Marouette de Caroline |
| Galician | Poliña americana |
| German | Carolinasumpfhuhn |
| Greek | Αμερικανική Νεροπουλάδα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Rato |
| Hebrew | ברודית אמריקנית |
| Hungarian | Álarcos vizicsibe |
| Icelandic | Sorarella |
| Japanese | カオグロクイナ |
| Lithuanian | Geltonsnapė švygžda |
| Norwegian | maskerikse |
| Polish | kureczka karolińska |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | sora |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Franga-d'água-americana |
| Romanian | Cresteț cu cioc galben |
| Russian | Каролинский погоныш |
| Serbian | Američki barski petlić |
| Slovak | chriašť čiernobradý |
| Slovenian | Ameriška tukalica |
| Spanish | Polluela Sora |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Polluela Sora |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gallinuela oscura |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Sora |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Sora |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Rascón Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Polluela Sora |
| Spanish (Panama) | Sora |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gallineta Sora |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Gallito Sora |
| Spanish (Spain) | Polluela sora |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Turura Migratoria |
| Swedish | karolinasumphöna |
| Turkish | Sora Suyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Погонич каролінський |
Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Rallus carolinus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.153.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North America = Hudson Bay, ex Edwards.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PORZANA
- porzana
- carolina
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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