Biology:Buff-spotted flufftail
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Short description: Species of bird
| Buff-spotted flufftail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Sarothruridae |
| Genus: | Sarothrura |
| Species: | S. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarothrura elegans (Smith, 1839)
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| Synonyms | |
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Coturnicops elegans | |
The buff-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is found in forested areas[2] of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa , South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its diet is semi-omnivorous, consisting of various invertebrates as well as grass and tree seeds, which are thought to aid it in grinding other foods.[3][4][5]
Its population is steady.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Sarothrura elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22692219A93342389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692219A93342389.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692219/93342389. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Van Opstal, Mattias; Oosterlynck, Bernard; Belay, Million; Erens, Jesse; De Beenhouwer, Matthias (2019-05-26). "First assessment of bird diversity in the UNESCO Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve, southwestern Ethiopia: species richness, distribution and potential for avian conservation". Journal of Threatened Taxa 11 (7): 13850–13867. doi:10.11609/jott.4726.11.7.13850-13867. ISSN 0974-7907. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.4726.11.7.13850-13867.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tarakini, Tawanda; Mabika, Innocent; Mwedzi, Tongayi; Mundy, Peter; Fritz, Hervé (2021-05-11). "Diet and Life-History Traits of Savannah Dwelling Waterbirds in Southern Africa: Implications for Their Conservation Status". Birds 2 (2): 173–184. doi:10.3390/birds2020013. ISSN 2673-6004. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/birds2020013.
- ↑ del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., and Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
- ↑ Hockey, P.A.R., Dean, W.R.J. and Ryan, P.G. 2005. Roberts birds of southern Africa. Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa.
External links
- Image at ADW
- Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
- Sarothrura elegans at avibase.bsc-eoc.org
Wikidata ☰ Q1030296 entry
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