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Barred buttonquails in Yala, Sri Lanka Impossible to photograph as every 0.5 second they move by taking a step or picking the ground. What's interesting about this bird is that gender behavior seems switched from most other birds. Females compete for a male, not the other way around. In addition, males incubate the eggs, not the females. Meanwhile, the female goes out to acquire more husbands. Asia,Barred buttonquail,Sri Lanka,Turnix suscitator,Yala Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Barred buttonquails in Yala, Sri Lanka

Impossible to photograph as every 0.5 second they move by taking a step or picking the ground. What's interesting about this bird is that gender behavior seems switched from most other birds. Females compete for a male, not the other way around. In addition, males incubate the eggs, not the females. Meanwhile, the female goes out to acquire more husbands.

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The Barred buttonquail

The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded May 12, 2015. Captured Nov 14, 2014 13:35.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1000s
  • ISO1000
  • 400mm