Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail (Turnix suscitator)

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The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail (Turnix suscitator) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails.

Found in most habitats except dense forest and desert. Partial to scrub jungle, light deciduous forest, and neighbourhood of cultivation.

                                                                                                                                                   Loc:  Home July 2011