Overview
Small, short-legged, buttonquail. Upperparts vermiculated black, tawny, grey and white. Wing-coverts more rufous. Rich rufous chest, black-and-white scaling on sides of neck. White throat and belly. Stout blue-grey bill and pinkish legs.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Bird
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Genus
- Turnix
- Species
- everetti
Habitat
Dry savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and arable land.
Diet
Seeds and insects.
Behavior
Females are larger and bolder than males, and have little role in incubation of eggs. Similar to other Buttonquail.
Hunting
Hunted indigenously.
Conservation Status
Listed as Vulnerableby IUCN.