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Spotted Crakes and allies
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Spotted Crakes and allies

Porzana

Porzana is a genus of birds in the crake and rail family, (Rallidae). Its scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for small rails. The spotted crake (P. porzana) is the type species. The contents of this genus are disputed.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Sora

speciesPorzana carolina

Spotted Crake

speciesPorzana porzana

Australian Crake

speciesPorzana fluminea

Lesser Bermuda Crake

speciesPorzana piercei

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 155.