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 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
Ruddy Crake
Laterallus ruber
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Aramides albiventris
American Coot
Fulica americana
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Sungrebe
Heliornis fulica
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 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Sora sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, based on 23 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sora in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
December has the highest sighting rate for Sora in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.