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Synoicus ypsilophorus

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Synoicus ypsilophorus (Brown Quail) has 10 subspecies. It is mainly active at dawn and dusk, and the call is loud. Feeds on seeds and young grasses.

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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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Origin: Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor.
Introduced: Fiji and New Zealand.
The brown blue-breasted quail is 17-22 cm long; Males 75-140 g, females 85-140 g; Wingspan 26-36 cm. The breast feathers are different from the common blue breast quail, with no stripes.