Sarothruridae

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Sarothruridae is a family of small, often secretive African and Malagasy birds commonly known as flufftails, belonging to the order Gruiformes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sarothruridae canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family
taxon
activityPattern crepuscular
nocturnal
behavior secretive
camouflageStrategy use dense cover to avoid detection
class Aves
commonName flufftails
conservationStatus several species of conservation concern
containsGenus Mentocrex NERFINISHED
Rallenia NERFINISHED
Sarothrura NERFINISHED
diet invertebrates
seeds
distribution Africa
Madagascar NERFINISHED
eggCharacteristic often heavily marked eggs
featherCharacteristic soft fluffy plumage on underparts
flightAbility reluctant fliers
foragingBehavior forage on or near the ground
geographicEndemism several species endemic to Madagascar
habitat dense vegetation
forests
wetlands
kingdom Animalia
locomotion terrestrial
morphology cryptic plumage
round-bodied
short-tailed
order Gruiformes NERFINISHED
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Rallidae NERFINISHED
reproduction ground-nesting
taxonomicHistory formerly included within Rallidae by some authors
taxonRank family
typicalSize small birds
vocalization often detected by calls rather than sight

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gruiformes hasMemberFamily Sarothruridae