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Manipur Bush-Quail
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Manipur Bush-Quail
Perdicula manipurensis
The Manipur bush quail (Perdicula manipurensis) is a species of quail found in northeastern India and possibly Bangladesh, inhabiting damp grassland, particularly stands of tall grass. It was first collected and described by Allan Octavian Hume on an ornithological expedition to Manipur in 1881.
P. manipurensis was uplisted from Endangered to Critically Endangered in the October 2024 IUCN Red List update (version 2024-2) under Criterion D, on the basis that any surviving population is estimated at 1–200 mature individuals.
From the article Manipur bush quail on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species is classified as a grassland specialist. It inhabits damp grasslands, particularly tall, dense stands such as those of elephant grass, and is also recorded from bogs and swamps, in vegetation up to 3 m (occasionally up to 5 m) tall, from the foothills up to about 1,000 m. Historical records indicate that it was generally encountered in small groups of 4–12, was shy and reluctant to fly, and bred between January and May.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
In human culture
A 1911 report by Frank Finn, based on Captain Wood's field notes of 1899, noted that the species was common in the past. Wood noted that the bird was commonly trapped by Manipur people after bush fires and that the local name was lanz-soibol meaning "trap quail".
Wikipedia: “History”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 734.