Latitudinal range: -37.0° to 45.8°

Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical wetland (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (1), temperate savanna (1)

Found in 9 samples

Australia: Blanche Cave (Third Chamber) (Late Pleistocene)

Bangladesh: Pashua Haor (February 2012)

Egypt: Burullus Ringing Station (Autumn 2005)

Italy: Monte Argentario (Early Pleistocene)

Malaysia: Paya Indah Wetland Reserve

Paraguay: Para La Tierra Biological Station

Turkey: Dicle Ringing Station (spring 2004)

United States: Sandrock Cliff (fall), Meyer Cave (Holocene)

See also Porzana albicollis, Porzana carolina, Porzana cinerea, Porzana fluminea, Porzana fusca, Porzana porzana, Porzana pusilla, Porzana sp.