Streaky-breasted flufftail

The streaky-breasted flufftail (Sarothrura boehmi) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae.

Streaky-breasted flufftail

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Sarothruridae
Genus: Sarothrura
Species:
S. boehmi
Binomial name
Sarothrura boehmi
Reichenow, 1900

It is sparsely spread across wet grasslands of central Africa.

The name of this bird commemorates the German zoologist Richard Böhm.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Sarothrura boehmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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