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PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
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  The Common Buttonquail, Kurrichane Buttonquail, Small Buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode (Turnix sylvaticus) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from southern Spain and Africa through India and tropical Asia to Indonesia. Its name is derived from Kaditshwene (rendered as 'Kurrichane') in Botswana.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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This tiny buttonquail is notoriously difficult to see. It is a small, 15 cm long drab running bird, which avoids flying. It inhabits warm grasslands or scrub jungle and feeds on insects and seeds. This species avoids thick forest and hilly country, and lives by preference in cornfields and stretches of grassy plain though it may also be found in any type of low herbage and open scrub jungle. It skulks and is flushed with difficulty, rising often close by one's feet. When flushed it flies low over the ground and soon settles again, after which it is very difficult to put up a second time. The common buttonquail resembles the common quail. It has streaked sandy brown upperparts, buff underparts with black flank markings, and a plain face. In flight, a whitish wingbar contrasts with the grey wing. Sexes are similar, but immature birds are more spotted below. The female initiates courtship and builds the ground nest. The male incubates the normally four speckled greyish eggs, and tends the young, which can run as soon as they are hatched. The nesting season is June to september. The nest is a slight pad of grass placed in a natural hollow in the ground where it is usually tucked away amongst the stems of a tuft of grass. Very occasionally the grass is bent over it in a sort of canopy. The female calls with a deep hoom-hoom-hoom and the male replies kek-kek-kek. Listen to the Common Buttonquail
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Widespread throughout its large range, the small buttonquail is evaluated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Conservation status
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3.
International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 December 2014. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 27 March 2018 Location: Bardiya/ Bardia National Park, Nepal  Common Buttonquail - सानो गट्टेबट्टाई
27 March 2018 - Bardiya/ Bardia National Park, Nepal  Common Buttonquail - सानो गट्टेबट्टाई
27 March 2018 - Bardiya/ Bardia National Park, Nepal  Common Buttonquail - सानो गट्टेबट्टाई
27 March 2018 - Bardiya/ Bardia National Park, Nepal  Common Buttonquail - सानो गट्टेबट्टाई
27 March 2018 - Bardiya/ Bardia National Park, Nepal  Common Buttonquail - सानो गट्टेबट्टाई
27 March 2018 - Bardiya/ Bardia National Park, Nepal  Common Buttonquail - सानो गट्टेबट्टाई
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