Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusSarothrura (Flufftails)
- SpeciesSarothrura elegans (Buff-spotted Flufftail)
Closest Relatives at Kidepo Valley National Park
White-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura pulchra
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
African Crake
Crex egregia
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
Corn Crake
Crex crex
Lesser Moorhen
Gallinula angulata
Grey Crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum
Black Crowned Crane
Balearica pavonina
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Buff-spotted Flufftail at Kidepo Valley National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 9 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |