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Chestnut-headed Flufftail
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Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Sarothrura lugens
The chestnut-headed flufftail (Sarothrura lugens) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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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 344.