The white-winged flufftail was downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered in South Africa's 2025 regional Red Data Book after improved surveys found more birds there; it remains Critically Endangered globally and breeds in Ethiopia and South Africa.
Sources
- 5 Winners and Losers on New “Red List” of World's Rarest ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/whwflu1/1.0/introduction (birdsoftheworld.org)
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692864/93330746 (iucnredlist.org)
- https://www.birdlife.org/news/2018/07/17/white-winged-flufftail/ (birdlife.org)
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