The streaky-breasted flufftail (''Sarothrura boehmi'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

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 sparsely spread across wet grasslands of central Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist

Richard Böhm Richard Böhm (1 October 1854 − 27 March 1884) was a German zoologist and explorer. Life Richard Böhm was the son of Ludwig Böhm, a prominent Physician and Franziska Louise (born Franziska Meyerlinck). As a child, he received a copy o ...

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* Streaky-breasted flufftail
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

streaky-breasted flufftail 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 R ...

Fauna of Zambia

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