Sora

Porzana carolina

Painting by William Pope, courtesy of Harry B. Barrett

The most common, yet seldom seen rail. It loves to live in fresh dense marsh areas. It has a short chicken-like bill and is told from other rails by the white under it's tail. This rail has a short weak flight and it's call is a whistled ker-wee.

Virginia Rail

Carving courtesy of Lorraine Sloat Fletcher

Rallus limicola

Scientific classification: Rails make up the family Rallidae of the order Gruiformes. The sora is classified as Porzana carolina, the Virginia rail as Rallus limicola, and the weka as Gallirallus australis.

"Rail," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 96 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (c) Funk & Wagnalls Corporation. All rights reserved.

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