Red-chested flufftail

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Red-chested flufftail
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S. rufa rufa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Sarothruridae
Genus: Sarothrura
Species:
S. rufa
Binomial name
Sarothrura rufa
(Vieillot, 1819)

The red-chested flufftail (Sarothrura rufa) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa from Liberia to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.

The red-chested flufftail prefers habitats with greater canopy cover. [2] It can be found in environments near white-winged flufftails, but tends to avoid direct spacial overlap. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Sarothrura rufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22692223A93342727. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692223A93342727.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 COLYN, ROBIN B.; CAMPBELL, ALASTAIR; SMIT-ROBINSON, HANNELINE A. (2019-02-01). "Camera-trapping successfully and non-invasively reveals the presence, activity and habitat choice of the Critically Endangered White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi in a South African high-altitude wetland". Bird Conservation International. 29 (3): 463–478. doi:10.1017/s0959270918000400. ISSN   0959-2709. S2CID   92372815.