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Definition of Genus porzana
1. Noun. Spotted crakes.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Rallidae, Rallidae
Member holonyms: Porzana Porzana, Spotted Crake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Porzana
Literary usage of Genus porzana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Both sexes will doubtless be hereafter found to possess a similar kind of plumage.
Genus PORZANA, Vieill The ..."
2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Genus PORZANA Vieillot. Subgenus PORZANA. 214. Porzana carolina (Linn.). Sora;
Carolina Rail. Plumage of adults: front of head, chin, line down middle of ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"Eggs.—Seven or eight in number. Ground-colour pale olive, flecked with brown;
oval in shape. Axis, 1'1 inch; diam., 0-85. THE SPOTTED CRAKES. genus porzana. ..."
4. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1884)
"From their general similarity, any of the short billed species of rails, of the
genus Porzana and its allies, receive also the name of Crake, ..."
5. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"North America, Canada to Cuba; often occurring in large numbers on New England
marshes during migrations. genus porzana. VIEILL. 170 (213) PORZANA PORZANA. ..."
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