Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
Summary 4
The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail (Turnix suscitator) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
This is a common breeding resident in Singapore.
Unlike most other birds, the female is more colourful with a black breast. Male is brownish with rufous belly. It can be easily confused with the female King Quail, but it has darker upperparts.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Hiyashi Haka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/hiyashi/6045051181/
- (c) Hiyashi Haka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/hiyashi/6045050811/
- (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips04?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDz5oS70oSHbg#5884812786197457858
- Adapted by Tan Kok Hui from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnix_suscitator
