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title: "Franga-d'água-americana"
description: "Porzana carolina — Aves. The sora, sora rail or Carolina crake (Porzana carolina) is a small waterbird of the rail family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the sora rail or sora crake, that occurs throughout much of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sora
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Franga-d'água-americana

> Porzana carolina — Aves. The sora, sora rail or Carolina crake (Porzana carolina) is a small waterbird of the rail family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the sora rail or sora crake, that occurs throughout much of North America.

- Scientific name: *Porzana carolina*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 15712
- Wikidata: [Q936740](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936740)
- iNaturalist taxon: [162](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/162)

## Names

- en: Sora
- de: Carolinasumpfhuhn
- es: Polluela Sora
- fr: Marouette de Caroline
- nl: Soraral
- pt: Franga-d'água-americana
- pl: Kureczka karolińska

## Countries with the most observations

US (10568), CA (2330), MX (1339), CO (70), EC (35), CR (26), PR (23), HN (22), GT (19), BM (17), PT (15), AW (12)

## Summary

The sora, sora rail or Carolina crake (Porzana carolina) is a small waterbird of the rail family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the sora rail or sora crake, that occurs throughout much of North America. The genus name Porzana is derived from Venetian terms for small rails, and the specific carolina refers to the Carolina Colony. The common name "Sora" is probably derived from a Native American language.
They migrate to the southern United States and northern South America. The sora is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, where it can be confused with spotted crake. However, the latter species always has…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_(bird)

## Photo

![Franga-d'água-americana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sora/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68187965

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sora?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).