- Sarothrura pulchra
Identification
Head, upper breast and tail dark red; remainder of body and wings black with well-defined white spots in adult male and narrow cinnamon bars in adult female.
Distribution
Senegambia to central Africa
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- S. p. pulchra - Gambia to northern Cameroon
- S. p. zenkeri - Extreme southeast Nigeria, coastal Cameroon and north Gabon
- S. p. batesi - South Cameroon
- S. p. centralis - Congo to south Sudan, west Kenya, northwest Tanzania and north Angola
Habitat
Rainforests.
Behaviour
An extremely secretive and shy bird which moves amongst the undergrowth very quickly.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-spotted Flufftail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-spotted_Flufftail
