- Browse
- Gallery
- Checklists
- Topography
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Feedback
- About Us
Barred Buttonquail
Latin Name:
Turnix suscitator
Category:
Size:
15cm
Description:
Sexes alike. Female slightly larger. Distinctive white eye; dark brown crown; black speck on white sides of head; back speckled with white, black and brown. Pale buff on wing shoulders seen in flight diagnostic.
Habitat:
Grass, scrub near cultivation, open forests.
Distribution:
India, south of the Himalaya.
Call:
Call Description:
Females a loud drumming during breeding.
IUCN:
National Status:
At IITK:
