Buff-spotted Flufftail / Sarothrura elegans
Buff-spotted Flufftail bird information | Values |
---|---|
Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Buff spotted Flufftail, Buff-spotted Crake, Buffspotted Flufftail, Buff-spotted Pygmy Rail, Buff-spotted Pygmy-Crake |
Old latin name for bird | Gallinula elegans, Coturnicops elegans |
Order | Cranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes |
Family | Flufftails & Forest Rails / Sarothruridae |
Genus | Sarothrura |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | widespread |
Buff-spotted Flufftail bird sounds *
Paused...
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species

Chestnut-headed Flufftail

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Striped Flufftail

Madagascar Flufftail

White-winged Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

White-spotted Flufftail

Slender-billed Flufftail
Where to see Buff-spotted Flufftail
- Angola
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Buff-spotted Flufftail subspecies (2)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
---|---|---|---|
Sarothrura elegans elegans | Ethiopia and Somalia to South Africa | - | No |
Sarothrura elegans reichenovi | Sierra Leone to Uganda and n Angola | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Gevlekte Vleikuiken |
Catalan | rasclet elegant |
Chinese | 黄斑侏秧鸡 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 黃點侏秧雞 |
Croatian | pjegavoleđi prepeličar |
Czech | Chrástal žlutoskvrnný, chřástalík lesní, chřástal žlutoskvrnný |
Danish | Okkerplettet Dunhale |
Dutch | Bruinvlekral |
Esperanto | Eleganta sarotruro |
Estonian | võsapirk |
Finnish | rokkorääkkiäinen |
French | Sarothrure ponctuée, Râle nain élégant, Râle à taches beiges, Râle ponctué |
German | Tropfenschmuckralle, Tropfenralle, Schmuckzwergralle |
Hungarian | gyöngyös bolyhosszárnyúmadár |
Italian | Schiribilla macchiefulve, Codapiuma macchiecamoscio |
Japanese | キボシクイナ, キボシクィナ |
Lithuanian | atogrąžinė pūkauodegė švygžda, Blyškioji pūkinė vištelė |
Norwegian | skogdunrikse, Skogdunrikse |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Skogdunrikse |
Polish | kusokurka plamista |
Portuguese | frango-d'água-elegante, franga-d'água-elegante, Frango-de-agua-elegante, codorniz-de-água-elegante |
Russian | Пёстрая жемчужная курочка, Пёстрый пушистый погоныш |
Serbian | Smeđepirgavi mekorepi petlić |
Slovak | páperochvost bodkovaný |
Spanish | Polluela elegante |
Swahili | Fuluwili Madoa-njano |
Swedish | beigefläckig dunrall, Beigefläckig pygmérall |
Turkish | Sarı Benekli Alacayelve |
Ukrainian | пухохвіст жовтоплямистий, погонич жовтоплямистий |