General Information
|
The White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi, is a small, secretive and little-known Rail endemic to Africa. The adult male has a chestnut head and both sexes have black-barred chestnut tail and white wing-patches on the secondary flight feathers. The best chance of seeing this secretive bird is during the wet season in upland marshes in eastern South Africa and central Ethiopia. It is categorised as globally Endangered in the 2008 IUCN Red List. This is because it has a very small range, with breeding proven at only three locations, which is believed to be undergoing a continuing decline in extent, area, and habitat quality, owing to the high rate of loss and degradation of its preferred habitat, seasonal marshland (BirdLife International 2008).
Currently, the White-winged Flufftail is listed in Appendix I (Migratory Species in danger of extinction) of CMS1 and in Column A, Categories 1a, 1b and 1c of the AEWA Table 12.
|
