Striped Flufftail (Sarothrura affinis)

Other Names (World)
Striped Flufftail, Red-tailed Flufftail, Chestnut-tailed Flufftail

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Smith, 1828)

Habitat
Small streams and marshy patches in dry upland or montane grassland with long or short grass, bracken, brambles or Protea, and near forest edges, in fields of crops. From sea-level - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Insects, earthworms, small spiders and vegetable matter such as grass and sedge seeds.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Striped Flufftail (Sarothrura affinis) [XC264277]
by from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Striped Flufftail (Sarothrura affinis) [XC395683]
by Murray Christian from Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State, South Africa (song)

Nest
A bowl of dry grass and rootlets built into a grass tuft.

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Coturnicops. Forms superspecies with Madagascar Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

antonii Madar�sz & Neumann, 1911 - Extreme southern Sudan south to eastern Zimbabwe.
affinis (Smith, 1828) - South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Striped Flufftail (Sarothrura affinis) - 2 files

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