Manipur Bush Quail

The Manipur bush quail is a quail of north-eastern India and possibly Bangladesh, living in damp grassland, particularly tall, dense stands such as elephant grass, and also recorded from bogs and swamps, in vegetation up to 3 m tall and occasionally 5 m, from the foothills up to about 1,000 m. Its extent of occurrence is estimated at 144,000 km² (Wikipedia, general species account).

There was no confirmed sighting from 1932 until June 2006, when Anwaruddin Choudhury reported one at Manas in Assam; an earlier unconfirmed observation had been made at Dibru-Saikhowa Wildlife Sanctuary in March 1998. Historical records indicate that it was generally met in small groups of 4–12, was shy and reluctant to fly, and bred between January and May. SoIB 2023 rates it a High conservation priority, treats it as an Assam plains endemic, and describes its range as historical (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).