Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Alternative combination: Rallus carolinus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Porzana according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Bernstein 1965, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Linnaeus 1758, Morgan 1994, Olson and Hilgartner 1982, Olson et al. 1990, Oswald and Steadman 2018 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Porzana albicollis, Porzana astrictocarpus, Porzana estramosi, Porzana fasciata, Porzana fluminea, Porzana keplerorum, Porzana menehune, Porzana piercei, Porzana porzana, Porzana ralphorum, Porzana rua, Porzana severnsi, Porzana spiloptera, Porzana ziegleri
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Cayman Islands (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Mexico (1), Peru (1), United States (10: Colorado, Florida, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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