Buff-spotted flufftail

Buff-spotted flufftail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Gruiformes
Family:Sarothruridae
Genus:Sarothrura
Species: S. elegans
Binomial name
Sarothrura elegans
(Smith, 1839)
Synonyms

Coturnicops elegans

Specimen at Nairobi National Museum

The buff-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sarothrura elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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