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Perdicula
''Perdicula'' is a small genus of quail in the family Phasianidae, containing four species that are collectively known as the bush quails. Taxonomy The generic name ''Perdicula'' is a Neo-Latin, Modern Latin diminutive of the genus ''Perdix'', and means small partridge. The two genera are not closely related, with ''Perdix'' belonging to the Tribe (biology), tribe Phasianini in subfamily Phasianinae, while ''Perdicula'' belongs to the tribe Coturnicini in the subfamily Pavoninae. The genus contains the following four species: References Perdicula, Birds of India, * Bird genera Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson {{Galliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdicula Asiatica
The jungle bush quail (''Perdicula asiatica'') is a species of quail in the family Phasianidae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, where it is found in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. It has also been reported from Nepal but has not been seen there since the 19th century, and an introduced population exists on the island of Réunion. A small species of quail long and weighing , it shows significant sexual dimorphism. Males have brown with blackish and Buff (colour), buff marking and whitish with black barring. The face is mainly dark reddish-brown, with brown , a buffy-white , and the turning whitish towards the back of the neck. Females have a similar pattern, but with pinkish-brown underparts, more uniform wings, and duller moustachial stripes. The species inhabits dry areas with Shrub, shrubby or rocky cover in a variety of habitats. It feeds on seeds and small insects, typically in small groups of 6–25 birds. Breeding starts at the end of the rains and lasts until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Bush Quail
The jungle bush quail (''Perdicula asiatica'') is a species of quail in the family Phasianidae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, where it is found in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. It has also been reported from Nepal but has not been seen there since the 19th century, and an introduced population exists on the island of Réunion. A small species of quail long and weighing , it shows significant sexual dimorphism. Males have brown with blackish and buff marking and whitish with black barring. The face is mainly dark reddish-brown, with brown , a buffy-white , and the turning whitish towards the back of the neck. Females have a similar pattern, but with pinkish-brown underparts, more uniform wings, and duller moustachial stripes. The species inhabits dry areas with shrubby or rocky cover in a variety of habitats. It feeds on seeds and small insects, typically in small groups of 6–25 birds. Breeding starts at the end of the rains and lasts until the end of the cold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdicula
''Perdicula'' is a small genus of quail in the family Phasianidae, containing four species that are collectively known as the bush quails. Taxonomy The generic name ''Perdicula'' is a Neo-Latin, Modern Latin diminutive of the genus ''Perdix'', and means small partridge. The two genera are not closely related, with ''Perdix'' belonging to the Tribe (biology), tribe Phasianini in subfamily Phasianinae, while ''Perdicula'' belongs to the tribe Coturnicini in the subfamily Pavoninae. The genus contains the following four species: References Perdicula, Birds of India, * Bird genera Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson {{Galliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdicula Argoondah -Rajasthan, India -male-8
''Perdicula'' is a small genus of quail in the family Phasianidae, containing four species that are collectively known as the bush quails. Taxonomy The generic name ''Perdicula'' is a Modern Latin diminutive of the genus '' Perdix'', and means small partridge. The two genera are not closely related, with ''Perdix'' belonging to the tribe Phasianini in subfamily Phasianinae, while ''Perdicula'' belongs to the tribe Coturnicini in the subfamily Pavoninae The Phasianinae ( Horsfield, 1821) are a subfamily of the pheasant family (Phasianidae) of landfowl, the order Galliformes. The subfamily includes true pheasants, tragopans, grouse, turkey and similar birds. Although this subfamily was c .... The genus contains the following four species: References * Bird genera Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson {{Galliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Bush Quail
The rock bush quail (''Perdicula argoondah'') is a species of quail found in parts of peninsular India. It is a common species with a wide range and the IUCN has rated it as being of "Least-concern species, least concern". Taxonomy and systematics There are three recognised subspecies: * ''P. a. argoondah'' found from Madhya Pradesh southwards to Tamil Nadu * ''P. a. meinertzhageni'' found in northwestern India * ''P. a. salimalii'' found in South India in parts of Karnataka. Description The rock bush quail is very similar to and overlaps in range with the jungle bush quail (''Perdicula asiatica''). These birds are found in small coveys and are often detected only when they suddenly burst out into flight en masse from under vegetation. It is in length and weighs . It is some shade of brown barred and mottled with darker colour. A diagnostic feature is that the outermost primary feather is longer than the innermost, and the inner web of the primaries is barred or speckled with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painted Bush Quail
The painted bush quail (''Perdicula erythrorhyncha'') is a species of quail found in the hill forests of India. They move in small coveys on hillsides and are distinguished by their red bills and legs. They have a liquid alarm call and small groups will run in single file along paths before taking flight when flushed. Description This quail is darkish brightly colored with a deep red bill and legs, eye-catching even in flight. The female has brick-red underpart and lacks the white throat and head stripe of the male. The male has a black face with a white supercilium and throat. These quail are typically found in a covey of 6 to 10 birds. They come out in open grassy patches or on forest roads and cart tracks to feed on seeds or grain (and small insects) and dust-bathe in the morning and evening. The covey quickly reunites by the constant call of the members to one another. A series of soft whistles are heard when members of a scattered covey regroup. The territorial call of male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coturnicini
Coturnicini is a tribe of birds in the subfamily Phasianinae. It contains the Old World quail, Snowcock, snowcocks, and African spurfowl, among others. Members of this tribe have a wide range throughout Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia. This tribe contains the only members of Pavoninae native to continental Europe (''Coturnix'' and ''Alectoris''), as well as the only members of Phasianidae as a whole native to Australasia (''Coturnix'' and ''Synoicus''). This grouping was supported by a 2021 phylogenetic analysis of Galliformes, and has been accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union, International Ornithological Congress. The tribe name is accepted by the ''Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.'' Species References {{Taxonbar, from=Q16537759 Bird tribes Coturnicini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quail
Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes. The collective noun for a group of quail is a flock, covey, or bevy. Old World quail are placed in the family Phasianidae, and New World quail are placed in the family Odontophoridae. The species of buttonquail are named for their superficial resemblance to quail, and form the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes. The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption, and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population, or extend into areas outside their natural range. In 2007, 40 million quail were produced in the United States. New World *Genus '' Callipepla'' ** Scaled quail, (commonly called blue quail) ''Callip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manipur Bush Quail
The Manipur bush quail (''Perdicula manipurensis'') is a species of quail found in northeastern India and Bangladesh inhabiting damp grassland, particularly stands of tall grass. It was first collected and described by Allan Octavian Hume on an ornithological expedition to Manipur in 1881. ''P. manipurensis'' is listed as Endangered on the IUCN's Red List, as its habitat is small, fragmented, and rapidly shrinking. There was no confirmed sighting of the bird from 1932 until June 2006, when Anwaruddin Choudhury reported spotting the quail in Assam. BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ... quoted the conservation director of the Wildlife Trust of India, Rahul Kaul, as saying, "This creature has almost literally returned from the dead." History A 1911 rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of India
This is a list of the bird species of India and includes Extant taxon, extant and recently extinct species recorded within the political limits of the Republic of India as defined by the Indian government. There have been 1393 species recorded as of 2025, of which 84 are Endemism in birds, endemic to the country. 98 species are globally threatened. The Indian peafowl (''Pavo cristatus'') is the national bird of India. This list does not cover species in Indian jurisdiction areas such as Dakshin Gangotri and oceanic species are delineated by an arbitrary cutoff distance. The list does not include fossil bird species or escapees from captivity. This list's Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 13.1. This list also uses British English throughout. Any bird names or other wording follows that convention. The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianidae
Phasianidae is a family (biology), family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, grouse, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, Turkey bird, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular Game (hunting), gamebirds. The family includes 185 species divided into 54 genera. It was formerly broken up into two subfamily (biology), subfamilies, the Phasianinae and the Perdicinae. However, this treatment is now known to be paraphyly, paraphyletic and polyphyly, polyphyletic, respectively, and more recent evidence supports breaking it up into two subfamilies: Rollulinae and Phasianinae, with the latter containing multiple Tribe (biology), tribes within two clades. The New World quail (Odontophoridae) and guineafowl (Numididae) were formerly sometimes included in this family, but are now typically placed in families of their own; conversely, grouse and turkey (bird), turkeys, formerly often treated as distinct families (Tetraonidae and Melea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
