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Streaky-breasted flufftail

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

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Streaky-breasted flufftail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Sarothruridae
Genus: Sarothrura
Species:
S. boehmi
Binomial name
Sarothrura boehmi
Reichenow, 1900

The streaky-breasted flufftail (Sarothrura boehmi) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae.

It is sparsely spread across wet grasslands of central Africa.

The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm.

Its nests are constructed of grass-stems and blades, and placed on the ground.2

References

References

  1. BirdLife International (2025). "Sarothrura boehmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T22692232A209446557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T22692232A209446557.en.
  2. "Burhinus capensis (Lichtenstein). Spotted Thick-knee; Spotted Dikkop. Oedicnème du tachard.", The Birds of Africa, Academic Press Limited, retrieved 2023-08-27
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