Australian Crake

Here the details of the Australian Crake named bird below:

SCI Name:  Porzana fluminea
Protonym:  Porzana fluminea Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1842) (1842), Pt10 no.117 p.139
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae / Porzana
Taxonomy Code:  auscra1
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1843
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).

fluminea
L. flumineus  riverine  < flumen, fluminis  river  < fluere  to flow.