Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Gruiformes > Rallidae > Sarothrura > Sarothrura affinisSarothrura affinis (Striped Flufftail)The striped flufftail (Sarothrura affinis) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family.It is found in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 12.1625 EDGE Score: 2.57737 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 29 grams | | Male Weight [4] | 28 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 60 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Water Surface [2] | 10 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 4 | | Wing Span [5] | 9 inches (.23 m) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Albany thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests |
South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East African montane moorlands |
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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East Sudanian savanna |
Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Knysna-Amatole montane forests |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Lowland fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Montane fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Malawi, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Aberdare Mountains |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Blue Swallow Natural Heritage Site |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Blyde river canyon |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Bvumba Highlands |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chimanimani Mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Chimanimani Mountains |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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De Hoop Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Eastern False Bay mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Grassland Biosphere Reserve (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Greater Ingwangwana river |
South Africa |
A1 |
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Karkloof Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kouga: Baviaanskloof complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mac-Mac escarpment and forests |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Malolotja Nature Reserve |
Swaziland |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Misuku Hills Forest Reserves |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Elgon |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Kenya |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Natal Drakensberg Park |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyanga mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Outeniqua mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Songimvelo Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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South Nguruman |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Southern Langeberg mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Steenkampsberg |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Wolkberg forest belt |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Cape Floristic Region |
South Africa |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany |
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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