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LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebrates
GrasslandSmall · 28 g
GrasslandSmall · 28 g
When to see the Sumba Buttonquail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sumba Buttonquail
Regular range
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Sumba Buttonquail
The Sumba buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
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Easily confused with
Luzon ButtonquailTurnix worcesteriThe Luzon buttonquail or Worcester's buttonquail, is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae.
Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottusThe Fynbos buttonquail is a bird in the family Turnicidae formerly considered conspecific with the black-rumped buttonquail.
Spotted ButtonquailTurnix ocellatusThey exhibit sexual dimorphism in which males whiter heads with females having darker heads.
Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottusThe Fynbos buttonquail is a bird in the family Turnicidae formerly considered conspecific with the black-rumped buttonquail.
Spotted ButtonquailTurnix ocellatusThey exhibit sexual dimorphism in which males whiter heads with females having darker heads.
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