A Conversation for Colours of Wildlife: White-Winged Flufftails
It is sad that these pretties are endangered.
Elektragheorgheni -Please read 'The Post' Started conversation Jun 3, 2018
Besides the people, could the low number be a result of climate change and drier weather altogether in South Africa? These are so pretty it would be a loss to lose them forever.
It is sad that these pretties are endangered.
Willem Posted Jun 5, 2018
Hi Elektra! I don't think climate change is a factor - yet. There are no signs that the wetlands where this species occur are shrinking due to drying-out. They're shrinking because of being transformed by humans. This species has historically been very rare. When I started birding in the mid-eighties, it was an almost mythical species, virtually no-one had seen it or known anything about it.
It is sad that these pretties are endangered.
Elektragheorgheni -Please read 'The Post' Posted Jun 6, 2018
Well, I hope that someday you'll have the chance to see one on one of your safaris.
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