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Porzana pusilla (Pallas, 1776)
Porzana pusilla (Pallas, 1776)
Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) is a small migratory rail with specific plumag…
Porzana tabuensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Porzana tabuensis (Gmelin, 1789)
Porzana tabuensis, the spotless crake, is a small south Pacific wetland rail wit…
Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846
Gallinula tenebrosa Gould, 1846
Gallinula tenebrosa, the dusky moorhen, is a medium-sized waterbird found across…
Gallinula chloropus galeata (Lichtenstein, 1818)
Gallinula chloropus galeata (Lichtenstein, 1818)
Common moorhen is a widespread midsized rail with distinct plumage, living in we…
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gallinula chloropus, the common moorhen, is a widespread rail found across wetla…
Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850
Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850
The lesser moorhen is a Rallidae bird species that occurs widely across much of …
Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819)
Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819)
The white-browed crake is a Rallidae bird found across Oceania and Asia, with an…
Anurolimnas viridis (Statius Muller, 1776)
Anurolimnas viridis (Statius Muller, 1776)
This small bird species has documented appearance, vocal traits, distribution ac…
Crex egregia (W.Peters, 1854)
Crex egregia (W.Peters, 1854)
Crex egregia, the African crake, is a small migratory bird found across most of …
Sarothrura elegans (A.Smith, 1839)
Sarothrura elegans (A.Smith, 1839)
Buff-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) is a semi-omnivorous Sarothruridae b…
Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811)
Tetraogallus caucasicus (Pallas, 1811)
Tetraogallus caucasicus, the Caucasian snowcock, is a medium, patterned grey bir…
Tetraogallus himalayensis G.R.Gray, 1843
Tetraogallus himalayensis G.R.Gray, 1843
Tetraogallus himalayensis, the Himalayan snowcock, is a large partridge-like alp…
Tetraogallus tibetanus Gould, 1854
Tetraogallus tibetanus Gould, 1854
Tetraogallus tibetanus (Tibetan snowcock) is a least-concern galliform bird foun…
Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
This text describes the appearance, range, and habitat of the gamebird species t…
Perdicula asiatica (Latham, 1790)
Perdicula asiatica (Latham, 1790)
Perdicula asiatica, the jungle bush quail, is a small sexually dimorphic quail n…
Arborophila crudigularis (Swinhoe, 1864)
Arborophila crudigularis (Swinhoe, 1864)
The Taiwan partridge, Arborophila crudigularis, is an endemic bird of Taiwan’s c…
Arborophila rufogularis (Blyth, 1849)
Arborophila rufogularis (Blyth, 1849)
Arborophila rufogularis, the rufous-throated partridge, is a small Asian partrid…
Arborophila brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855)
Arborophila brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855)
Arborophila brunneopectus, the bar-backed partridge, is a small partridge found …
Arborophila campbelli (Robinson, 1904)
Arborophila campbelli (Robinson, 1904)
Arborophila campbelli is a small partridge found in montane forests of peninsula…
Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848
Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848
This is a detailed description of the morphology, distribution, habitat, and eco…
Coturnix coromandelica (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Coturnix coromandelica (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
Coturnix coromandelica, the rain quail, is a small South Asian bird with distinc…
Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coturnix coturnix, the common quail, is a small migratory game bird whose meat m…
Coturnix delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847
Coturnix delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847
Harlequin quail (Coturnix delegorguei) is a Phasianidae bird found in sub-Sahara…
Coturnix pectoralis Gould, 1837
Coturnix pectoralis Gould, 1837
Coturnix pectoralis, the stubble quail, is a ground-dwelling Australian bird wit…
