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Barred buttonquail (Male): Turnix suscitator

Barred buttonquail (Male)
Turnix suscitator
Barred buttonquail: Turnix suscitator
Gender: Male.
Age: Adult
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Sighted at: Farrukhnagar, Distt. Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
Date: 27.6.2015
I couldn't move lest these shy birds vanished in the undergrowth. I was close...too close in the bushes. Pardon the twigs and all in the photograph therefore.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom
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Animalia
Phylum
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Chordata
Class
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Aves
Order
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Turniciformes
Family
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Turnicidae
Genus
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Turnix
Species
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suscitator
 
Photographed at Farrukhnagar, Distt. Gurgaon, Haryana, India, on 27th June, 2015, using a Nikon D7200 camera and Tamron 150-600 mm lens.
 
© Prashant V Tenjarla

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