Red-chested Flufftail

Sarothrura rufa

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandDomed nestSmall · 38 g

When to see the Red-chested Flufftail

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-chested Flufftail

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa.

About the Red-chested Flufftail

The red-chested flufftail is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa from Liberia to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.

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