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Sora
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Sora

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Sora

Porzana carolina

The sora (Porzana carolina) is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the sora rail or sora crake. The genus name Porzana is derived from Venetian terms for small rails, and Carolina refers to the Carolina Colony. "Sora" is probably taken from a Native American language.

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Sora in Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.97

Sora in Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)

Garden of Malabar, Vol. 2 (Hortus Indicus Malabaricus)

Hendrik van Rheede · 1683 · p.252

Sora in 農業全書 11巻. [2]

農業全書 11巻. [2]

Miyazaki Yasusada · 1697 · p.42

Sora in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 24)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.121

Sora in Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)

王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.60

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 162.