Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Klein Waterhoen
Common Names in English:
Little Crake
Common Names in French:
Marouette Poussin
Common Names in German:
Kleines Sumpfhuhn
Common Names in Hebrew:
ברודית קטנה
Common Names in Italian:
Schiribilla
Common Names in Japanese:
コクイナ
Common Names in Russian:
Малый погоныш, Maly Pogonysh
Common Names in Spanish:
Polluela Bastarda
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,354 meters (0 to 4,442 feet).Mean = 98.530 meters (323.261 feet), Standard Deviation = 116.250 based on 13,878 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Gruiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Cranes, Rails
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Porzana parva (Scopoli, 1769)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Porzana
There are approximately 54 species in this genus:
P. albicollis (Ash-Throated Crake) · P. albicollis albicollis · P. albicollis olivaceus · P. astrictocarpus (St Helena Rail) · P. atra (Henderson Crake) · P. bicolor (Black-Tailed Crake) · P. carolina (Sora) · P. cinerea (Animals) · P. cinerea brevipes · P. cinereus collingwoodi · P. erythrops · P. flavirostra · P. flavirostris · P. flaviventer (Yellow-Breasted Crake) · P. flaviventer flaviventer · P. flaviventer hendersoni · P. flaviventer woodi · P. fluminea (Australian Crake) · P. fusca · P. fusca bakeri · P. fusca erythrothorax · P. fusca fusca · P. fusca phaeopyga · P. jamaicensis · P. keplerorum · P. mandarina · P. menehune · P. moluccana · P. monasa (Kosrae Crake) · P. nigra (Miller's Rail) · P. palmeri (Laysan Crake) · P. parva (Little Crake) · P. parva parva · P. paykullii (Band-Bellied Crake) · P. porzana (Spotted Crake) · P. porzana porzana · P. pusilla (Baillon's Crake) · P. pusilla affinis · P. pusilla intermedia · P. pusilla mayri · P. pusilla mira · P. pusilla obscura · P. pusilla palustris · P. pusilla pusilla · P. pygmaea · P. ralphorum · P. rua · P. sandwichensis (Hawaiian Crake) · P. severnsi · P. spiloptera (Dot-Winged Crake) · P. tabuensis (Sooty Rail) · P. tabuensis plumbea · P. tabuensis tabuensis · P. ziegleri
Bibliography
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 19 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- GBIF-Sweden, Bird Ringing Centre in Sweden
- Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Birds
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
- Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Upper Silesian Museum, Bird Observations
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852147
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176249
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852037
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176249
- IUCN ID: 48976
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 141792
