Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)

Other Names (World)
Madagascar Buttonquail, Black-necked Buttonquail, Madagascan Buttonquail

Family
Turnicidae (Buttonquails)

Size
14 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry forest, dry savanna, arable land. From sea-level - 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Madagascar.

Madagascar; also Mauritius, Reunion and Glorieuses Is, but possibly introduced to all of these, though may have colonized them, e.g. introduced to Reunion, but an indigenous population may have existed there already.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis) [XC651247]
by id from Antisiranana, Diana, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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