Species Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789) (Small buttonquail)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Charadriiformes
  • ---- family: Turnicidae
  • ----- species: Turnix sylvaticus
Characteristics:omnivore; body-length: 14 cm; speckled brown plumage
Countries:
BW
Botswana
ZA
South Africa
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 100
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/30073269
Date: 2012-02-27
Place: Twee Rivieren, Northern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Bernard DUPONT
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Comments: Twee Rivieren Camp, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, SOUTH AFRICA (Photo Sylvain REMY)
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Date: 1949
Place: unknown
Creator: Hugh Whistler
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Source: wikimedia
Date: unknown
Place: unknown
Creator: John Gould & Elizabeth Gould
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Source: wikimedia
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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