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Turnix tanki

Photo by rockfowl
Location: Beidaihe, China

[edit] Identification

17cm. Grey with dorsal barring, pale boldly spotted underside, yellow bill and legs. Female more brightly coloured, with reddish collar. Juvenile smaller, mottled red, and densely spotted.

[edit] Distribution

S Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

• T. t. tanki - Indian subcontinent, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• T. t. blanfordii - Manchuria to Myanmar, s China and Indochina

[edit] Habitat

Grassland, farmland, secondary growth on abandoned crop-land, grass beneath bamboo thickets, and scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds, green shoots, and invertebrates obtained from the ground. Mostly granivorous.

4 eggs are laid and incubated for 12 days. The young fledge at 10 days and acquire adult plumage by seven weeks.

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