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- Turnix everetti
Identification
13-14 cm. Vermiculated black upperparts, 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.
Distribution
Sumba I. (Lesser Sundas)
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Dry savanna, moist shrubland, dry lowland grassland and arable land.
Behaviour
The diet includes large seeds.
