Flufftail
| Flufftail | |
|---|---|
| White-spotted flufftail | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Sarothruridae |
| Genus: | Sarothrura Heine, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Gallinula jardinei A. Smith, 1839 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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"Corethrura" Reichenbach, 1845? fide G.R.Gray, 1846 (nomen nudum) | |
Flufftails (genus Sarothrura) are small birds related to rails and finfoots. There are nine species, seven of which are distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, with the remaining two in Madagascar. The genus was long placed with the rail family Rallidae, but is now placed in the family Sarothruridae, along with three other species of wood rails (genus Canirallus).