Buff-spotted Flufftail bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBuff spotted Flufftail, Buff-spotted Crake, Buffspotted Flufftail, Buff-spotted Pygmy Rail, Buff-spotted Pygmy-Crake
Old latin name for birdGallinula elegans, Coturnicops elegans
OrderCranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes
FamilyFlufftails & Forest Rails / Sarothruridae
GenusSarothrura
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionwidespread

Buff-spotted Flufftail bird sounds *

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    Call, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    South Africa
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    Call, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    South Africa
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    Call, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    South Africa
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    Song, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
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    Song, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
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    Song, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
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    Song, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
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    Call, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    South Africa
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    Call, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    South Africa
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    Call, male, © Daniel Danckwerts
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Buff-spotted Flufftail

Buff-spotted Flufftail subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Sarothrura elegans elegansEthiopia and Somalia to South Africa-No
Sarothrura elegans reichenoviSierra Leone to Uganda and n Angola-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGevlekte Vleikuiken
Catalanrasclet elegant
Chinese黄斑侏秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional)黃點侏秧雞
Croatianpjegavoleđi prepeličar
CzechChrástal žlutoskvrnný, chřástalík lesní, chřástal žlutoskvrnný
DanishOkkerplettet Dunhale
DutchBruinvlekral
EsperantoEleganta sarotruro
Estonianvõsapirk
Finnishrokkorääkkiäinen
FrenchSarothrure ponctuée, Râle nain élégant, Râle à taches beiges, Râle ponctué
GermanTropfenschmuckralle, Tropfenralle, Schmuckzwergralle
Hungariangyöngyös bolyhosszárnyúmadár
ItalianSchiribilla macchiefulve, Codapiuma macchiecamoscio
Japaneseキボシクイナ, キボシクィナ
Lithuanianatogrąžinė pūkauodegė švygžda, Blyškioji pūkinė vištelė
Norwegianskogdunrikse, Skogdunrikse
Norwegian NynorskSkogdunrikse
Polishkusokurka plamista
Portuguesefrango-d'água-elegante, franga-d'água-elegante, Frango-de-agua-elegante, codorniz-de-água-elegante
RussianПёстрая жемчужная курочка, Пёстрый пушистый погоныш
SerbianSmeđepirgavi mekorepi petlić
Slovakpáperochvost bodkovaný
SpanishPolluela elegante
SwahiliFuluwili Madoa-njano
Swedishbeigefläckig dunrall, Beigefläckig pygmérall
TurkishSarı Benekli Alacayelve
Ukrainianпухохвіст жовтоплямистий, погонич жовтоплямистий