Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans(Smith, A, 1839)
English (US) Buff-spotted Flufftail
The Buff-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sarothruridae (Flufftails) in the order Gruiformes.
- Scientific name
- Sarothrura elegans
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Buff-spotted Flufftail
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Sarothrura elegans reichenovi
- Sarothrura elegans elegans
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Gallinula elegans
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1839)
- Type locality
- Near Durban, Natal.
- Original description
- Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt.5 pl.22,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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