Striped flufftail / Streifenralle (Sarothrura affinis)

Wikipedia: Striped flufftail Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Sarothrura_affinis_affinis_1838.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Sarothrura (Sarothrura); Family Rails (Rallidae)
General: The striped flufftail (Sarothrura affinis) is a species of bird in the flufftail family Sarothruridae. It is also known as the red-tailed flufftail. The species is closely related to the Madagascar flufftail. The species has a disjunct distribution across the Afromontane of southeastern Africa, with two subspecies. The nominate subspecies S. a. affinis is found in eastern South Africa and Swaziland. S. a. antonii, named for German ornithologist Anton Reichenow, is found in eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Malawi, southern Tanzania, Kenya and the south of South Sudan.^[2] [more]