White-spotted flufftail

Weight

41.3 g – 45.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

2src 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

Not recorded

The white-spotted flufftail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGruiformes
5. familySarothruridae
6. genusSarothrura
7. SpeciesSarothrura pulchra (J. E. Gray, 1829)

Synonyms Coturnicops pulchra, Crex pulchra

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

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@misc{white_spotted_flufftail_2026,
  title = {White-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-spotted-flufftail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}