Sumba Button-Quail

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Sumba Button-Quail is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Sumba Button-quail is one of 91 bird species in Indonesia that is found only on a single island - in this case Sumba, in the south. The majority of Indonesia's birds live in forest. It is no surprise, therefore, that they are severely affected by loss of their forest habitat. Indonesia has become synonymous with forest destruction - over 500 hectares a day has been lost over the last 15 years. More