Rock Bush Quail

The rock bush quail is a small quail of parts of peninsular India, brown and barred and mottled with darker colour. It is 17–18.4 cm long and weighs 64–85 g. It is native to the western half of India and is believed to be non-migratory (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account is short and gives no detail of its behaviour, diet or breeding. SoIB 2023 treats it as endemic to mainland India, a resident of grassland and scrub that eats plants and seeds, rates it a Moderate conservation priority, gives it a Large range, and marks its long-term and current trends as insufficient data (SoIB 2023).