Sarothrura pulchra
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The white-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra), also known as the white-spotted crake, is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It has a widespread range of presence across the African tropical rainforest. The tail is short and despite the name, it is not fluffy. The male is red on its head, neck, breast, and tail coverts, and it black with spotted white on the rest of its body. The female's head, neck and breast are similar and its body is black to dark brownish.
This species is normally sedentary but there is some evidence for local movement in Sierra Leone and Ghana. The white-spotted flufftail feeds on various invertebrates. They are exclusively diurnal, and are active throughout the day but less active in the middle of the day.
The white-spotted flufftail is monogamous and territorial, and forms strong pair bonds. Their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kibale National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lagos | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-spotted Flufftail sighting in Lagos on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 66th most-seen of the 72 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and April–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-spotted Flufftail in Lagos on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, July, October and December, the lowest months. June, August–September and November have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-spotted Flufftail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lagos, in our data
Lagos is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-spotted Flufftail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Rallidae
The closest relatives of the White-spotted Flufftail that you can see in Lagos (family Rallidae, Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) are Common Moorhen (about 10%) and Black Crake (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-spotted Flufftail is recorded against all the birds logged in Lagos (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
