Chestnut-headed flufftail

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Chestnut-headed flufftail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Sarothruridae
Genus: Sarothrura
Species:
S. lugens
Binomial name
Sarothrura lugens
(Böhm, 1884)

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

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sarothrura lugens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.