Sora

Here the details of the Sora named bird below:

SCI Name:  Porzana carolina
Protonym:  Rallus carolinus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.153
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae / Porzana
Taxonomy Code:  sora
Type Locality:  North America = Hudson Bay, ex Edwards.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PORZANA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Spotted Crake P. porzana) Specific name Rallus porzana Linnaeus, 1766; "241. PORZANE, Porzana.  Rallus, Fulica, Lin. Gm.  Gallinula, Lath.  Bec plus court que la tête, épais à la base, droit, atténué et comprimé vers le bout, pointu; mandibule supérieure couvrant un peu les bords de l'inférieure. — Doigts totalement libres.  Esp. Marouette, Buff." (Vieillot 1816);"Porzana Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 61. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Marouette of Buffon = Rallus porzana Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 182).
Synon. Galeolimnas, Mustelirallus.

porzana
Local Venetian names Porzana, Sforzana and Sporzana for the smaller crakes; ex “Gallinula ochra” of Gessner 1555, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Porzana minor” of Aldrovandus 1599, and “Rallus aquaticus minor” or “Maruetta” of Brisson 1760 (Porzana).

carolina
Carolina or Carolina Colonies, North America < Late L. Carolus Charles (see carolinense).
● "83. RALLUS.  ...  carolinus.  5. R. grisea, fronte nigra, pectore plumbeo, rostro flavo, pedibus virescentibus.  Gallinula minor canadensis. Edw. av. 144. t. 144. Catesb. car. I. p. 70. t. 70.  Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Porzana).