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Category:Sarothruridae - BirdForum Opus

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Family: Sarothruridae

Description

Flufftails and Forest Rails.

Taxonomy

Sarothruridae is a family in the order Gruiformes.
It was formerly included in the family Rallidae.


Family Sarothruridae view • edit

Genus Mentocrex view • edit
M. kioloides Madagascar Forest Rail
M. beankaensis Tsingy Forest Rail

Genus Sarothrura view • edit
S. pulchra White-spotted Flufftail
S. elegans Buff-spotted Flufftail
S. rufa Red-chested Flufftail
S. lugens Chestnut-headed Flufftail
S. boehmi Streaky-breasted Flufftail
S. affinis Striped Flufftail
S. insularis Madagascar Flufftail
S. ayresi White-winged Flufftail
S. watersi Slender-billed Flufftail

Genus Rallicula view • edit
R. rubra Chestnut Forest Rail
R. leucospila White-striped Forest Rail
R. forbesi Forbes's Forest Rail
R. mayri Mayr's Forest Rail

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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