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White-winged Flufftail

Sarothrura ayresi (Gurney, JH Sr 1877)

The white-winged flufftail is a very rare African bird in the family Sarothruridae. Its scientific name honours South African ornithologist Thomas Ayres, who discovered it at Potchefstroom. The estimated global population size of white-winged flufftails is less than 250 adults. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Sarothruridae
Genus:
   Sarothrura
Scientific:
  Sarothrura ayresi


Original description

Citation:
  (Gurney, JH Sr 1877)

Reference:
   Ibis ser.4, vol.1, no.3 p.352 pl.7

Protonym:
  Coturnicops ayresi

Type locality:
  Transvaal, type from Potchefstroom.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/269558#page/394/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  534D524CD933EE5A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-534D524C

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/534D524C


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176365


CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Sarothrura ayresi: highlands of Ethiopia and eastern South Africa
English:
White-winged Flufftail
Catalan:
Rasclet alablanc
Czech:
chřástal Ayresův
Danish:
Hvidvinget Dunhale
German:
Spiegelralle
Spanish:
Polluela Especulada
Spanish (Spain):
Polluela Especulada
Finnish:
pilkkarääkkiäinen
French:
Râle à miroir
Croatian:
bjelokrili prepeličar
Hungarian:
fehérszárnyú bolyhosfarkúmadár
Italian:
Codapiuma alibianche
Japanese (romaji):
afurikashimakuina
Japanese:
アフリカシマクイナ
Lithuanian:
veidrodinė pūkauodegė švygžda
Dutch:
Witvleugelral
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitvengdunrikse
Norwegian:
Hvitvingedunrikse
Polish:
kusokurka białoskrzydła
Portuguese:
Frango-d'água-d'asa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal):
franga-d'água-d'asa-branca
Russian:
Белокрылая жемчужная курочка
Slovak:
páperochvost zrkadlokrídly
Serbian:
Belokrili mekorepi petlić
Swedish:
vitvingad dunrall
Ukrainian:
пухохвіст білокрилий
Chinese:
白翅侏秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
白翅侏秧雞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Râle à miroir ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Râle à miroir ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
White-winged Crake ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
White-winged Crake ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
White-winged Crake ( Coturnicops ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
White-winged Crake ( Coturnicops ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
White-winged Crake ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Coturnicops ayresi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Coturnicops ayresi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Coturnicops ayresi [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-winged Flufftail ( Sarothrura ayresi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sarothrura ayresi [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Sarothrura ayresi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Witvlerkvleikuiken
Catalan: Rasclet alablanc
Czech: Chrástal Ayresuv, chřástal Ayresův
Danish: Hvidvinget Dunhale
German: Spiegelralle, Weißflügel-Zwergralle
English: Abyssinian White-winged Flufftail, White winged Flufftail, White-winged Crake, Whitewinged Flufftail, White-winged Flufftail, White-winged Pygmy-Crake
English, HBW: White-winged Flufftail
English (IOC): White-winged Flufftail
English (United States): White-winged Flufftail
Esperanto: Ajresa sarotruro, Ayres-sarotruro
Spanish: Polluela Especulada
Spanish (Spain): Polluela Especulada
Spanish (HBW): White-winged Flufftail
Estonian: valgetiib-pirk
Finnish: Pilkkarääkkiäinen
French: Râle à ailes blanches, Râle à miroir, Sarothrure à miroir
Croatian: bjelokrili prepeličar
Hungarian: fehérszárnyú bolyhosfarkúmadár
Italian: Codapiuma alibianche, Schiribilla alibianche
Japanese (romaji): afurikashimakuina
Japanese: アフリカシマクィナ, アフリカシマクイナ
Scientific: Coturnicops ayresi, Ortygops macmillani, Sarothrura ayresi, Sarothrura ayresi ayresi, Sarothrura ayresi macmillani, Sarothrura ayresii
Lithuanian: Baltasparnė pūkinė vištelė, veidrodinė pūkauodegė švygžda
Dutch: Witvleugelral
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitvengdunrikse
Norwegian: Hvitvingedunrikse
Polish: kusokurka bialoskrzydla, kusokurka białoskrzydła
Portuguese: Frango-d'água-d'asa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): franga-d'água-d'asa-branca
Russian: Африканский белокрылый крошечный коростель, Белокрылая жемчужная курочка, Зеркальный пушистый погоныш
Slovak: páperochvost zrkadlokrídly
Serbian: Belokrili mekorepi petlić
Swedish: vitvingad dunrall, Vitvingad pygmérall
Turkish: Ak kanatlı alacayelve
Ukrainian: Погонич білокрилий, пухохвіст білокрилий
Chinese: 白翅侏秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 白翅侏秧雞

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