Everything about The Snow Mountain Quail totally explained
The
Snow Mountain Quail,
Anurophasis monorthonyx is a large, approximately 28cm (11in) long, dark brown
quail of
Alpine grasslands. It is the only member of the
genus Anurophasis. It has a brown
plumage, a horn-coloured
bill, yellow legs and a brown
iris. The underparts of the female are whitish and more heavily black barred than in the male.
An
Indonesian
endemic, the Snow Mountain Quail is confined to
New Guineas highest elevations, the
Snow Mountains of
Irian Jaya. This little known bird is protected only by the remoteness of its habitat; an inaccessible area at an altitude above 3,000 metres (9,850 feet).
The female usually lays up to three pale brown, dark-spotted eggs in a hollow nest under the edge of a
grass tussock. The diet consists mainly of seeds, flowers, leaves and other vegetation matters.
Due to its limited range and it being unprotected by Indonesian government, the Snow Mountain Quail is evaluated as
Near Threatened on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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