Crakes
are small water birds in the genus Porzana and in the rail or Rallidae family. There are 13 living species in the Porzana genus.


Porzana parva Scopoli, 1769 - Little Crake (breeds in Eurasia, winters in Africa)
Porzana pusilla Pallas, 1776 - Baillon's Crake (breeds in Eurasia, winters in east Africa and South Asia)
Porzana porzana Linnaeus, 1766 - Spotted Crake (breeds in Eurasia, winters in Africa and India)
Porzana fluminea Gould, 1843 - Australian Spotted Crake
Porzana carolina Linnaeus, 1758 - Sora (North America)
Porzana spiloptera Durnford, 1877 - Dot-winged Crake (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
Porzana albicollis Vieillot, 1819 - Ash-throated Crake (South America)
Porzana fusca Linnaeus, 1766 - Ruddy-breasted Crake (Asia)
Porzana paykullii Ljungh, 1813 - Band-bellied Crake (East Asia)
Porzana tabuensis Gmelin, 1789 - Spotless Crake (Oceania)
Porzana atra North, 1980 - Red-eyed Crake (Henderson Island)
Porzana flaviventer Boddaert, 1783 - Yellow-breasted Crake (Central and South America, Caribbean)
Porzana cinerea Vieillot, 1819 - White-browed Crake (East Asia, Oceania)
Amaurornis flavirostra Black Crake