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Coturnix adansonii

[edit] Identification

14-16.5cm
Male

• Brown head, cheeks and side of head

[edit] Distribution

Africa south of the Sahara:
Western Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Sometimes considered a subspecies of Blue-breasted Quail^[2] and placed in genus Excalfactoria.

[edit] Habitat

Wet grasslands and cultivated areas.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

They nest in a ground scrape. The clutch consists of 6-9 olive-green or pale yellowish-brown eggs which are incubated for 16 days.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes grass and weed seeds, green vegetation, insects and molluscs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Animal Diversity

• List of references

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