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Porzana carolina
Sora
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Occasional

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:
Migratory


Park Tags:
Park Rank - Park rare
Taxa Group - Bird
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: S3N; TN: S1B,S4N
Evidence:		5 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 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
Badlands National Park	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	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:	4/29/2022

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 6:59:14 AM

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