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Common Name: Tawny-faced Quail

Scientific Name: Rhynchortyx cinctus 

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Galliformes

Family: Odontophoridae

Genus: Rhynchortyx

Species: R. cinctus

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The Tawny-Faced Quail is a very unique bird species. This species is at a low risk of distinction. Cause there is over 1,440 million. These Birds are very majestic birds. They are very quiet and in mostly all videos they rarely move.

         

Tawny-Faced Quail is creamy dark tan and brown colored. They have very unique designs on their feathers. They have short beaks. They have a long tail feather. Their size is about baseball size just a bit bigger. These birds chirp songs as well. 

         

The Tawny-Faced Quail lives in many places including Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaraugua, and panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist monatane forests. There are close to 1,440 million Tawny-Faced Quails.

         

Quails Eat leafy material like acorns, Fruits and berries, and crop residues. During winter and fall, quails eat 82% seeds and 18% leafage. Sometimes the location of where a quail is depends on what they eat.

         
So as you can see the Tawny-Faced Quail is a very amazing, beautiful, cool, and majestic bird. I would recommend this bird to anyone who wants to know more about it. So this is my report on the Rhynchortyx Cinctus.

 

Author: Morgan B
Published: 02/2014

 

Bibliography: www.naturephotos-cz.com

 

 

 

 

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