Buff-spotted flufftail
Sarothrura elegans (A. Smith, 1839)
The buff-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) is a species in the family Sarothruridae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 45.7 g to 46.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the buff-spotted flufftail
- Weight
- 46 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 25 cm – 28 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the buff-spotted flufftail?
Where does the buff-spotted flufftail live?
Not recorded
What is the buff-spotted flufftail?
The buff-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura elegans), also known as the buff-spotted crake, is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae.
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Is the buff-spotted flufftail endangered?
The buff-spotted flufftail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the buff-spotted flufftail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familySarothruridae
- genusSarothrura
- SpeciesSarothrura elegans (A. Smith, 1839)
Synonyms Coturnicops elegans, Gallinula elegans
Other names and names in other languages (41)
- BSFLEnglish
- Buffspotted flufftailEnglish
- Gevlekte VleikuikenAfrikaans
- زغب الذيل برتقالي النقاطArabic
- rasclet elegantCatalan
- chřástalík lesníCzech
- chřástal žlutoskvrnnýCzech
- Okkerplettet DunhaleDanish
- TropfenralleGerman
- brunmakula arboraloEsperanto
- Polluela eleganteSpanish
- võsapirkEstonian
- rokkorääkkiäinenFinnish
- Râle ponctuéFrench
- Sarothrure ponctuéeFrench
- pjegavoleđi prepeličarCroatian
- gyöngyös bolyhosszárnyúmadárHungarian
- Rallo macchiefulveItalian
- Codapiuma macchiecamoscioItalian
- Schiribilla macchiefulveItalian
- キボシクイナJapanese
- atogrąžinė pūkauodegė švygždaLithuanian
- BruinvlekralDutch
- skogdunrikseNorwegian
- kusokurka plamistaPolish
- franga-d'água-elegantePortuguese
- codorniz-d'água-elegantePortuguese
- codorniz-de-água-elegantePortuguese
- frango-d'água-elegantePortuguese
- Frango-d’água-elegantePortuguese
- Пёстрый пушистый погонышRussian
- Пёстрая жемчужная курочкаRussian
- páperochvost bodkovanýSlovak
- Smeđepirgavi mekorepi petlićSerbian
- beigefläckig dunrallSwedish
- Beigefläckig pygmérallSwedish
- Sarı Benekli AlacayelveTurkish
- погонич жовтоплямистийUkrainian
- пухохвіст жовтоплямистийUkrainian
- 黃點侏秧雞Chinese
- 黄斑侏秧鸡Chinese
Relatives of the buff-spotted flufftail
Other species in the same genus Sarothrura.
White-winged flufftail
Sarothrura ayresi
White-spotted flufftail
Sarothrura pulchra
Striped flufftail
Sarothrura affinis
Streaky-breasted flufftail
Sarothrura boehmi
Chestnut-headed flufftail
Sarothrura lugens
Red-chested flufftail
Sarothrura rufa
CompareBuff-spotted flufftail vs White-winged flufftailBuff-spotted flufftail vs White-spotted flufftailBuff-spotted flufftail vs Striped flufftailBuff-spotted flufftail vs Streaky-breasted flufftail
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the buff-spotted flufftail?
An adult buff-spotted flufftail weighs 46 g and has a wingspan of 25 cm – 28 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the buff-spotted flufftail endangered?
The buff-spotted flufftail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the buff-spotted flufftail?
The buff-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) belongs to the family Sarothruridae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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