Streaky-breasted Flufftail (Sarothrura boehmi) | Range and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

GrasslandPlatform nestSmall · 35 g

When to see the Streaky-breasted Flufftail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 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.

Zimbabwe Benin Zambia Tanzania

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Africa, Congo - Kinshasa, Kenya.

About the Streaky-breasted Flufftail

The streaky-breasted flufftail is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae.

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Easily confused with

Slender-billed FlufftailSarothrura watersiThe slender-billed flufftail is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. Chestnut-headed FlufftailSarothrura lugensThe chestnut-headed flufftail is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. White-winged FlufftailSarothrura ayresiIts scientific name honours South African ornithologist Thomas Ayres, who discovered it at Potchefstroom.

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