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Sarothrura rufa rufa |
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Sarothrura rufa rufa |
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râle nain à poitrine châtain |
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Red-chested Flufftail |
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| Kafulubitsi (Kiluba-PNU) ; Ka-furubiti (Kitabwa); fluff-tailed crake = kafutubidi (Lunda) | |
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The rufous head colour extends to teh lower breast. |
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Likes grassy marshes and plains that are permanently humid. Very difficult to observe. Moreover, it is quite rare in Katanga. |
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Does not like to fly. It can sometimes be caught with the hands. Probably sedentary. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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