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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	White-winged Flufftail	Slender-billed Flufftail
الاسم العلمي	Sarothrura ayresi	Sarothrura watersi
الرتبة	Gruiformes	Gruiformes
الفصيلة	Sarothruridae	Sarothruridae
حالة الحفاظ	Critically Endangered	Near Threatened
الطول	—	—
طول الجناح	14,6 cm (5.7 in)	13,9 cm (5.5 in)
الوزن	31,8 g (1.12 oz)	26,5 g (0.93 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	3	--
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌿 Wetland

White-winged Flufftail only

🌾 Grassland

Slender-billed Flufftail only

بلا

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حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

White-winged Flufftail

Near Threatened

Slender-billed Flufftail

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About These Birds

White-winged Flufftail

White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi), 14 cm. Very rare; male dark with conspicuous white wing patches visible in flight. Breeds in high-altitude Afro-alpine marshes of Ethiopia; non-breeding range in South Africa. Omnivore. Critically Endangered; fewer than 250 mature individuals.

Slender-billed Flufftail

Slender-billed Flufftail (Sarothrura watersi), 14 cm. Very poorly known; brown with a thin bill adapted for probing. Endemic to eastern Madagascar, recorded from a handful of wetland localities. Omnivore. Endangered; extremely rarely recorded; habitat loss continues.

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