Sora
Porzana carolina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusPorzana (Spotted Crakes and allies)
- SpeciesPorzana carolina (Sora)
Closest Relatives at Everglades National Park
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot
Fulica americana
King Rail
Rallus elegans
Clapper Rail
Rallus crepitans
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sora in Everglades National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Sora sighting in Everglades National Park, based on 277 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sora in Everglades National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Sora in Everglades National Park in our monthly data.