Sarothruridae

Sarothruridae is a family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds found in Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa. The species in this family were once considered to sit with the larger rail family Rallidae.[1]

Sarothruridae
White-spotted flufftail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Suborder: Ralli
Family: Sarothruridae
Verheyen, 1957
Genera

The family contains 3 genera.[2]


References

  1. García-R, J.C.; Gibb, G.C.; Trewick, S.A. (2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; 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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