Buff-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura elegans

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandDomed nestSmall · 46 g

When to see the Buff-spotted Flufftail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Buff-spotted Flufftail

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Angola, Congo - Brazzaville, Rwanda.

About the Buff-spotted Flufftail

The buff-spotted flufftail is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is found in forested areas of Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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