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Synoicus adansonii

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Synoicus adansonii Life habits and morphological characteristics

The African blue-breasted quail is 12-15 cm long; Males weigh 33-48 grams and females weigh 44 grams. Hermaphroditic, male body back and breast dark blue, chest large maroon. Females generally have a mottled coloration of brown and light gray. The beak is iron gray and the legs are orange red.

Synoicus adansonii Distribution range and habitat

Origin: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d 'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Wandering: Ethiopia, Mali.
It inhabits the African wetlands and grasslands south of the Sahara Desert.

Synoicus adansonii Detailed Introduction

African blue-breasted Quail (Synoicus adansonii) : African Blue Quail, Blue quail, no subspecies. It was once a subspecies of the blue-breasted quail, but was classified as a separate species in 2014.

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African blue chest quail in the morning and night in the open for grain, grass seeds, etc., also eat insects, spiders, termites. Fly fast and low in a straight line. It feeds on grains, grass seeds, insects, spiders, etc.

Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Not Threatened (LC).


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