Bamboo Patridge
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PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON#698… Mountain Bamboo Patridge …Coloured pencil … a4..2016…[from the Ref. Photo graph of ???] The mountain bamboo partridge (Bambusicola fytchii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Tibet, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The binomial commemorates Major-General Albert Fytche. Their plumage is a mix of browns, cream and grey. They have distinctive black and white eye stripes and their breast and abdomen is pale with brown speckles. Mountain bamboo partridges live close to water in bamboo scrub forest, tall grassland and degraded forest areas with bamboo groves. They remain under shrub cover for much of the day, moving into the open in the early morning and late evening to feed. They will only fly when threatened, returning to cover quickly. Breeding occurs in the summer months between March and September. The nest is a simple scraped out dip in the ground lined with grass. The female incubates the eggs for 18
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