Coturnix ypsilophora
(Brown quail)
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FAMILY |
Phasianidae |
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Species |
Coturnix ypsilophora |
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Common name |
Brown quail |
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Main colour |
Brown |
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Distinctive feature |
Ground hugging, brown with fine bars on underparts, body 17.5 cm |
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Campus |
Cairns, Townsville |
Description
A small plump looking bird about 17.5 cm long, with a very short tail. It is usually observed when you are walking through grassland and it suddenly runs out of the grass. Best seen early or late in the day. Brown body mottled with black and white, paler with similar mottles on underparts. Legs and feet yellow, eyes reddish or dirty yellow, bill black. Photographs courtesy of Ian Montgomery, www.birdway.com.au
