Tombo

Tombo

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia (Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli:	Aves (Ndege)
Oda:	Galliformes (Ndege kama kuku)
Familia:	Phasianidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na kwale)
Jenasi:	Anurophasis Oort, 1910 Coturnix Bonnaterre, 1791 Excalfactoria Linnaeus, 1766 Ophrysia Bonaparte, 1856 Perdicula Hodgson, 1837

Tombo (pia tomboo au tomboro) ni ndege wadogo wa jenasi kadhaa katika familia ya Phasianidae. Rangi yao ni kahawia na wana michirizi. Spishi nyingine zina rangi nyekundu na buluu. Kabla ya kuruka angani hungoja mpaka mtu ni karibu kuwakanyaga na huenda umbali fupi tu. Hula mbegu hasa lakini pengine hukamata wadudu pia. Hutaga mayai 6-18 ardhini.

Tombo wanatokea Afrika, Australasia na Ulaya. Kuna ndege huko Amerika ambao wana mnasaba na tombo, lakini wanaainishwa ndani ya familia Odontophoridae.

Spishi za AfrikaEdit

Coturnix coturnix, Tombo wa Ulaya (Common Quail)
- Coturnix c. africana, Tombo wa Afrika (African Quail)
- Coturnix c. coturnix, Tombo wa Ulaya (Eurasian Quail)
- Coturnix c. erlangeri, Tombo Habeshi (Abyssinian Quail)
- Coturnix c. inopinata, Tombo wa Kaboverde (Cape Verde Quail)
Coturnix delegorguei, Tombo Kidari-cheusi (Harlequin Quail)
Excalfactoria adansonii, Tombo Buluu (Blue Quail)
Perdicula asiatica, Tombo wa Asia (Jungle Bush-quail) imewasilishwa katika Reunion

Spishi za mabara mengineEdit

Anurophasis monorthonyx (Snow Mountain Quail)
Coturnix coromandelica (Rain Quail)
Coturnix japonica (Japanese Quail)
Coturnix novaezelandiae (New Zealand Quail) imekwisha sasa
Coturnix pectoralis (Stubble Quail)
Coturnix ypsilophora (Brown Quail)
Excalfactoria chinensis (King Quail)
Ophrysia superciliosa (Himalayan Quail) labda imekwisha sasa
Perdicula argoondah (Rock Bush Quail)
Perdicula asiatica (Jungle Bush Quail)
Perdicula erythrorhyncha (Painted Bush Quail)
Perdicula manipurensis (Manipur Bush Quail)

PichaEdit

Tombo wa Ulaya
Tombo kidari-cheusi
Tomba wa Asia

King quail
Brown quail
Rock bush quail
Painted bush quail