Painted button-quail (Turnix varius), male.
EDIT: Those circles in the leaf litter made by the bird spinning around are called platelets. I learn something new every day!
Saturday, 17 October 2015
In-between fieldwork: Painted button-quail
Stumbled across this little guy digging in the ground, while spinning around - quite a funny sight! They are apparently not the easiest things to find, so I'm pretty pleased this one decided to come out and say hello :]
Painted button-quail (Turnix varius), male.
EDIT: Those circles in the leaf litter made by the bird spinning around are called platelets. I learn something new every day!
Painted button-quail (Turnix varius), male.
EDIT: Those circles in the leaf litter made by the bird spinning around are called platelets. I learn something new every day!
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