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Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Turnix tanki
Least ConcernThe Yellow-legged Buttonquail is a shorebird of the Indian subcontinent. It uses its bill, legs, and alert flight to feed on invertebrates, seeds, or small aquatic prey along coasts, mudflats, rivers, lakes, grasslands, or open ground; many shorebirds make impressive seasonal movements between breeding and non-breeding areas.
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Group
- Shorebirds
- Range
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Range — Resident or seasonal range in the Indian subcontinent
- Population
- ≈ 2M–20M