Madagascan Flufftail

Sarothrura insularis - Râle insulaire

Systematics

Order
:
Gruiformes
Family
:
Sarothruridés
Genus
:
Sarothrura
Species
:
insularis

Descriptor

Sharpe, 1870

Biometrics

Size
: 14 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Madagascan Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Râle insulaire,
Polluela malgache,
frango-d'água-malgaxe,
Merinaralle,
hova bolyhosfarkú,
Hovaral,
Codapiuma del Madagascar,
madagaskardunrall,
Gasserdunrikse,
páperochvost madagaskarský,
chřástal ostrovní,
Madagaskardunhale,
madagaskarinrääkkiäinen,
rasclet de Madagascar,
kusokurka madagaskarska,
Мадагаскарский пушистый погоныш,
マダガスカルシマクイナ,
马岛侏秧鸡,
馬達加斯加侏秧雞,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Sources of information

Rails, Barry Taylor
Vol. 3 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v11.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.

Other sources of interest