Sumba Buttonquail
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| Sumba Buttonquail | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Turnicidae |
| Genus: | Turnix |
| Species: | T. everetti |
| Binomial name | |
| Turnix everetti Hartert, 1898 |
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The Sumba Buttonquail (Turnix everetti) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
[edit] Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Turnix everetti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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