Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Porzana carolina
Sora, Polluela norteña, Sora Rail
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Gruiformes
Family
Rallidae
Genus
Porzana
Species
carolina
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Harris (1982) reported three records, all of dead birds, from Marchena, Santiago, and Genovesa.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1981) La avifauna de Galápagos. In: Eberhardt, U. (ed.): Compendio de ciencia en Galápagos. Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 261-282.
- Rosenberg, D. (1987) Impacto de los herbívoros introducidos sobre el Pacha y de Galápagos (Laterallus spilonotus) Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg.188-198
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Porzana carolina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5160. Accessed 2 November 2026.