Manipur bush quail
The Manipur bush quail (Latin: Perdicula manipurensis, Meitei: Soibol[2]) is a species of quail found in Manipur and other Northeastern Indian regions. It lives in humid and moist grasslands, particularly among tall grasses.[3] It was first collected and described by Allan Octavian Hume on a mission to study about birds of Manipur in 1881.
| Manipur bush quail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Perdicula |
| Species: | P. manipurensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Perdicula manipurensis (Hume, 1880) | |
P. manipurensis is listed as "Endangered" on the IUCN's Red List. Its home place is small, separated and fastly becoming smaller.[1]
No one was confirmed of seeing the bird from 1932 until June 2006. In 2006, Anwaruddin Choudhury reported seeing the quail in Assam.[4][5]
BBC News reported the speech of the conservation director of the Wildlife Trust of India, Rahul Kaul, as "This creature has almost literally returned from the dead."[4]
History
There is a 1911 report by Frank Finn. It was based on Captain Wood's field notes of 1899. It noted that the species was common in the past.[6] Captain Wood noted that the bird was commonly trapped by Manipuri people after bush fires. Further, he also noted the Manipuri language name was lanz-soibol (literally meaning "trap quail").[7]
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