Sarothruridae
| Sarothruridae | |
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| White-spotted flufftail | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Suborder: | Ralli
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| Family: | Sarothruridae Verheyen, 1957 |
Genera
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Sarothruridae is a family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds found mostly in
Rallidae.[1]
The family contains 3 genera.[2]
- Genus Sarothrura(flufftails; 9 species)
- White-spotted flufftail, Sarothrura pulchra
- Buff-spotted flufftail, Sarothrura elegans
- Red-chested flufftail, Sarothrura rufa
- Chestnut-headed flufftail, Sarothrura lugens
- Streaky-breasted flufftail, Sarothrura boehmi
- Striped flufftail, Sarothrura affinis
- Madagascar flufftail, Sarothrura insularis
- White-winged flufftail, Sarothrura ayresi
- Slender-billed flufftail, Sarothrura watersi
- Genus Mentocrex (forest rails; 2 species)
- Madagascar forest rail (Mentocrex kioloides)
- Tsingy forest rail (Mentocrex beankaensis)
- Genus Rallicula (forest rails; 4 species)
- White-striped forest rail (Rallicula leucospila)
- Chestnut forest rail (Rallicula rubra)
- Forbes's forest rail (Rallicula forbesi)
- Mayr's forest rail (Rallicula mayri)
References
- PMID 25255711.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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