Slender-billed Flufftail
Sarothrura watersi(Bartlett, E, 1880)
English (US) Slender-billed Flufftail
The Slender-billed Flufftail (Sarothrura watersi) 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.
Range: highlands of eastern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Sarothrura watersi
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Slender-billed Flufftail
- Described by
- (Bartlett, E, 1880)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Zapornia watersi
- Described by
- (Bartlett, E, 1880)
- Type locality
- Southeast Betsileo Country, Madagascar.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879, pt.4 p.772
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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