Text extracted from Gill B.J.; Bell, B.D.; Chambers, G.K.; Medway, D.G.; Palma, R.L.; Scofield, R.P.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Worthy, T.H. 2010. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. 4th edition. Wellington, Te Papa Press and Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Pages 177-178 & 184-186.

Order GRUIFORMES: Rails, Cranes and Allies Family RALLIDAE Rafinesque: Rails, Gallinules and Coots This classification and nomenclature of rails largely follows Taylor & van Perlo (1998).

Subfamily RALLINAE Rafinesque: Rails, Gallinules and Coots Rallia Rafinesque, 1815: Analyse de la Nature: 70 – Type genus Rallus Linnaeus, 1758.

Genus Porzana Vieillot Porzana Vieillot, 1816: Analyse Nouv. Ornith. Elem.: 61 – Type species (by monotypy and tautonymy) “Marouette” of Buffon = Porzana porzana (Linnaeus). Zapornia Stephens, 1824: in Shaw, General Zool. 12: 230 – Type species (by monotypy) Zapornia pusilla Stephens = Porzana parva (Scopoli). Zaporina J.R. Forster, 1827: Pocket Encycl. Nat. Phen.: 418. Unjustified emendation. Phalaridion Kaup, 1829: Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw.: 173 – Type species (by subsequent designation) R. parvus Scopoli = Porzana parva (Scopoli). Rallites Pucheran, 1845: Revue Zool.: 277 – Type species (by subsequent designation) Rallus parvus Scopoli = Porzana parva (Scopoli). Porzanoidea Mathews, 1912: Austral Avian Rec. 1: 117 – Type species (by subsequent designation) Gallinula immaculata Swainson = Porzana tabuensis (Gmelin). Schoenocrex Roberts, 1922: Ann. Transv. Museum 8: 197 – Type species (by original designation) Rallus pusillus Pallas = Porzana pusilla (Pallas).

Porzana fluminea Gould Australian Crake Porzana fluminea Gould, 1843: Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1842 (10): 139 – New South Wales, Australia. Ortygometra fluminea (Gould); Hutton 1871, Cat. Birds N.Z.: 33. Porzana fluminea Gould; Marchant & Higgins 1993, HANZAB 2: 551.

A specimen now held in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ 4205) is said to have been collected from the “Province of Auckland” and is documented by Hutton (1871). This species is eruptive periodically throughout south-east Australia with records from Tasmania only in eruptive years (Marchant & Higgins 1993).