Sumba Buttonquail

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Sumba Buttonquail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species: T. everetti
Binomial name
Turnix everetti
Hartert, 1898

The Sumba Buttonquail (Turnix everetti) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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