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Turnix sylvaticus |
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Turnix sylvatica lepurana |
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Turnix d'Andalousie |
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Small Button Quail |
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| Kapombo ka mema (Kiluba-PNU) ; kalumbayi, kalumbu; tshibala tshifike,tshibala tshikunze (Tshiluba); kabundami, mukarasokya (Kitabwa) ; kabandami ; kisumbu : kabendami (Kibemba) | |
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Very common in Katanga, this bird that resembles a quail can be distinguished by its pale yellow eyes. |
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Seeds. |
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Nidification is very rapid, eggs hatch in only 12 to 13 days. The tiny chicks follow their parents just after their birth. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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