ADW: Porzana: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
        
        Family Rallidae (coots, rails, and relatives)
        
        Genus Porzana (soras and lesser crakes)
        
        Species Porzana albicollis (ash-throated crake)
        
        Species Porzana atra (Henderson crake)
        
        Species Porzana bicolor (black-tailed crake)
        
        Species Porzana carolina (sora)
        
        Species Porzana cinerea (white-browed crake)
        
        Species Porzana flaviventer (yellow-breasted crake)
        
        Species Porzana fluminea (Australian crake)
        
        Species Porzana fusca (ruddy-breasted crake)
        
        Species Porzana monasa (Kosrae crake)
        
        Species Porzana palmeri (Laysan crake)
        
        Species Porzana parva (little crake)
        
        Species Porzana paykullii (band-bellied crake)
        
        Species Porzana porzana (spotted crake)
        
        Species Porzana pusilla (Baillon's crake)
        
        Species Porzana sandwichensis (Hawaiian crake)
        
        Species Porzana spiloptera (dot-winged crake)
        
        Species Porzana tabuensis (spotless crake)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Porzanasoras and lesser crakes

Porzana
soras and lesser crakes