The red-chested flufftail (''Sarothrura rufa'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
in the family
Sarothruridae
Sarothruridae is a family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds found mostly in Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa, with the genus ''Rallicula'' being restricted to New Guinea and the Moluccas. The species in this family were once consider ...
.
It is found in sub-Saharan Africa from Liberia to Ethiopia and south to South Africa.
The red-chested flufftail prefers habitats with greater canopy cover.
It can be found in environments near white-winged flufftails, but tends to avoid direct spacial overlap.
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* Red-chested flufftail
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
Sarothrura
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Birds described in 1819
Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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