Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Aves
- --- order: Gruiformes
- ---- family: Rallidae
- ----- species: Amaurornis flavirostra
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Characteristics: | omnivore; body-length: 20 cm; black plumage; yellow bill; red legs and eyes |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- ET
- Ethiopia
- GH
- Ghana
- GM
- Gambia
- KE
- Kenya
- LR
- Liberia
- NG
- Nigeria
- SN
- Senegal
- TG
- Togo
- TZ
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- UG
- Uganda
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZM
- Zambia
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0101
- Albertine Rift montane forests
- AT0108
- East African montane forests
- AT0111
- Eastern Guinean forests
- AT0112
- Ethiopian montane forests
- AT0114
- Guinean montane forests
- AT0115
- Knysna-Amatole montane forests
- AT0130
- Western Guinean lowland forests
- AT0705
- East Sudanian savanna
- AT0707
- Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0711
- Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0713
- Sahelian Acacia savanna
- AT0714
- Serengeti volcanic grasslands
- AT0715
- Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0716
- Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0721
- Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0722
- West Sudanian savanna
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1007
- Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1008
- Ethiopian montane moorlands
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
- AT1012
- Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1013
- Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands
- AT1401
- Central African mangroves
- AT1403
- Guinean mangroves
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References: | Sinclair 1994: 104 |