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Porzana carolina
Sora
Badlands National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Sora
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Gruiformes, Family Rallidae, Genus Porzana, Species Porzana carolina


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		SD: S5B
Evidence:		3 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Arches National Park
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Bryce Canyon National Park	Buffalo National River
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Channel Islands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colonial National Historical Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
El Malpais National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Fossil Butte National Monument
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier National Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Joshua Tree National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lassen Volcanic National Park	Lava Beds National Monument
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	National Capital Parks-East
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Niobrara National Scenic River
North Cascades National Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Petrified Forest National Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipe Spring National Monument	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Redwood National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
White Sands National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Wind Cave National Park	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/26/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 3:28:33 PM

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