- Synoicus ypsilophorus
Identification
- Rufous brown or grey brown upperparts
- Streaked white and barred black
- Chestnut brown lowerparts
- Red-yellow iris
- Black bill
- Orange-yellow legs and feet
Distribution
Graphic by Nrg800
Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea and the Lesser Sundas.
Introduced to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Coturnix.
Subspecies
There are 10 subspecies[1]:
- S. y. raaltenii: Lesser Sundas (Flores, Timor and adjacent islands)
- S. y. pallidior: Lesser Sundas (Sumba and Sawu)
- S. y. saturatior: Lowlands of northern New Guinea
- S. y. lamonti: Mid-montane central highlands of New Guinea
- S. y. dogwa: Lowlands of southern New Guinea
- S. y. plumbeus: Lowlands of eastern New Guinea
- S. y. monticola: Alpine grasslands of south-eastern New Guinea
- S. y. mafulu: Southern slopes of mountains of south-eastern New Guinea
- S. y. australis: Moist areas of Australia
- S. y. ypsilophorus: Tasmania
Habitat
Open woodland, grassland, parks, cultivated land, rainforest edges and coastal scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds, shoots, and insects.
Breeding
It nests in a ground scrape, in thick grass, near water. The eggs are incubated by both sexes.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Birds in Backyards
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown Quail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Quail
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