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[[Image:Brown_Quail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Gavin Goodyear<br>Location: Gatton, Queensland, Australia]] | [[Image:Brown_Quail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Gavin Goodyear<br>Location: Gatton, Queensland, Australia]] | ||
==Identification== | ==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== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Australia]], [[Tasmania]], [[New Guinea]] and the [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | Monotypic. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Wet grasslands, shrubs, freshwater wetlands and some agricultural areas. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes seeds, shoots, and insects. | ||
| + | It nests in a ground scrape, in thick grass, near water. The eggs are incubated by both sexes. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Coturnix+ypsilophora}} | {{GSearch|Coturnix+ypsilophora}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=5&bid=26 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=5&bid=26 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=132&Bird_Image_ID=21937&Bird_Family_ID=58 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=132&Bird_Image_ID=21937&Bird_Family_ID=58 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coturnix]] |
Revision as of 18:11, 17 December 2008
- Coturnix ypsilophora
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
Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Wet grasslands, shrubs, freshwater wetlands and some agricultural areas.
Behaviour
The diet includes seeds, shoots, and insects.
It nests in a ground scrape, in thick grass, near water. The eggs are incubated by both sexes.
