Now, in the first place, I find 'Porzana' to be indeed Italian for. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference
The Samoan wood rail (Pareudiastes pacificus) and sooty rail (Porzana tabuensis) are probably extinct. From Wordnik.com. [Samoan tropical moist forests] Reference
They also extirpated the Kermadec parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cyanurus), New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), and spotless crake (Porzana tabuensis). From Wordnik.com. [Kermadec Islands subtropical moist forests] Reference
Alien species, such as rats, continue to devastate native species and are believed to been largely responsible for the extinction of the Kosrae crake (Porzana monasa) and the Kosrae starling (Aplonis corvina). From Wordnik.com. [Carolines tropical moist forests] Reference
I can make nothing whatever of any of these names; -- Porzana, Bolognese and Venetian, might perhaps mean. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference
The Netherlands alone has recorded over four hundred and forty species of avifauna, including the threatened Ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), Garganey (Anas querquedula), Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Corn bunting (Miliaria calandra), and Spotted crake (Porzana Porzana). From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic mixed forests] Reference
Many birds that are found only here or in few other places include ash-throated crakes (Porzana albicollis), plain-breasted ground-doves (Columbina minuta), red-shouldered macaws (Ara nobilis), sun parakeets (Aratinga solstitialis), green-rumped parrotlets (Forpus passerinus), scaled ground-cookoos (Neomorphus squamiger), and stygian owls (Asio stygius). From Wordnik.com. [Monte Alegre varzea] Reference
'species,' called by him, Porzana Minuta, Olivaceous Crake; Porzana. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference
Other species include corncrake Crex crex, spotted crake Porzana Porzana, red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva, nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos, Bohemian waxwing, marsh warbler Achrocephalus palustris and Blyth’s reed warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum. From Wordnik.com. [Kvarken Archipelago High Coast, Finland and Sweden] Reference
Sora Porzana Carolina 119, 144. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Porzana exquisita. From Wordnik.com. [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference
Porzana Porzana, Spotted Crake. From Wordnik.com. [BIRDS ETCETERA] Reference
Porzana, or Forzana, at Venice. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds] Reference
Species recorded in the area include golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus, bittern Botaurus stellaris, little bittern Ixobrychus minutus, night heron Nycticorax nycticorax, squacco heron Ardeola ralloides, purple heron A. purpurea, white stork Ciconia ciconia, glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellis, short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus, lesser kestrel Falco naumanni, hobby F. subbuteo, quail Coturnix coturnix, corncrake Crex crex spotted crake Porzana Porzana, and stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus. From Wordnik.com. [Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria] Reference
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