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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
25/05/2024 01:43:28 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Madagascar Flufftail*
Id (Atlas):
Sarothrura insularis
Description (10 )
Madagascar Flufftail
© flickr.com
Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)
Size
14 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Sharpe, 1870)
Habitat
Grasslands in clearings and on the edges of undisturbed and degraded rain forests, dense cultivation, and large fern, thick grass and Philippia scrublands. Also common in marshes with long grass, reeds and sedges, and in rice paddy-fields. From sea-level - 2,300 m.
Madagascar.
Madagascar, mainly in east.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)... )
Listen to XC162020
Madagascar Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis ) [XC162020 ]
by Mike Nelson from Ranomafana National Park, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar (song)
Listen to XC86537
Madagascar Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis ) [XC86537 ]
by Hans Matheve from Vohiparara trail, Ranomafana NP, Fianarantsoa Prov., Madagascar (call)
Nest
A woven ball of wide grass blades constructed on the ground in dense grass.
Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Coturnicops . Forms superspecies with Striped Flufftail (Sarothrura affinis ).
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Madagascar Flufftail see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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