Flufftails
Sarothrura
Flufftails (genus Sarothrura) are small birds related to rails and finfoots. There are nine species, seven of which are distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, with the remaining two in Madagascar. The genus was long placed with the rail family Rallidae, but is now placed in the family Sarothruridae, along with three other species of wood rails (genus Canirallus).
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Buff-spotted Flufftail
speciesSarothrura elegans
Red-chested Flufftail
speciesSarothrura rufa
White-spotted Flufftail
speciesSarothrura pulchra
Madagascar Flufftail
speciesSarothrura insularis
Striped Flufftail
speciesSarothrura affinis
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
speciesSarothrura boehmi
Slender-billed Flufftail
speciesSarothrura watersi
White-winged Flufftail
speciesSarothrura ayresi
Chestnut-headed Flufftail
speciesSarothrura lugens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 333.