Bustard Quail (Noun)
Meaning
Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The little bustard-quail's reddish-brown feathers allow it to blend seamlessly into its desert surroundings, making it difficult for predators to spot.
- After days of trekking through the scorching Sahara Desert, our bird-watching tour group was thrilled to catch a glimpse of the elusive little bustard-quail.
- Unfortunately, habitat loss has taken a toll on bustard-quail populations in northern Africa, with the once-common birds becoming increasingly rare in many regions.
- Among its fellow small, quail-like species, the black-bellied bustard-quail is set apart by its uniquely complex call patterns.
- Wary travelers must carefully tread across grasslands home to bustard-quail as accidental kick can critically wound a grounded and fearful adult that tried frantically spread false protective scene scattering whole cluster ground wide panicky terrified the panic little feints make actual easy deadly clumsy well-heed sound which careless trip shock sent wings fright quickly startled both hunter flight thus hails storm its target burst of its panic escape by blast wings burst into flying blindly flight blindly take flight then make hastily sound fly wildly blindly beat swiftly fleeing loudly sounding on frantic frantic wings, to avoid catching and stepping on female hiding well-camouflaged ground-cradled and well-concealed fragile nesting her rare priceless 5-7 fragile her clutch hidden deeply tucked in.