Tombo

Tombo

Uainishaji wa kisayansi

Himaya:	Animalia(Wanyama)
Faila:	Chordata(Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
Ngeli:	Aves(Ndege)
Oda:	Galliformes(Ndege kamakuku)
Familia:	Phasianidae(Ndege walio na mnasaba nakwale)

Ngazi za chini

Jenasi 4, spishi 16:

CoturnixGarsault,1764
- C. coromandelica(Gmelin,1789)
- C. coturnix(Linnaeus,1758)
- C. delegorgueiDelegorgue.1847
- C. japonicsTemminck&Schlegel,1848
- C. pectoralisGould,1837
OphrysiaBonaparte,1856
- O. superciliosa(Gray,1846
PerdiculaHodgson,1837
- P. argoondah(Sykes,1832)
- P. asiatica(Latham,1790)
- P. erythrorhyncha(Sykes, 1832)
- P. manipurensisHume,1881
SynoicusGould, 1843
- S. adansonii(J. Verreaux&É. Verreaux,1851)
- S. chinensis(Linnaeus, 1766)
- S. monorthonyx(Van Oort,1910)
- S. ypsilophorus(Bosc,1792)

Tombo(piatombooautomboro) nindegewadogo wajenasikadhaa katikafamiliayaPhasianidae.Rangi yao ni kahawia na wana michirizi.Spishinyingine zina rangi nyekundu na buluu. Kabla ya kuruka angani hungoja mpaka mtu ni karibu kuwakanyaga na huenda umbali fupi tu. Hulambeguhasa lakini pengine hukamatawadudupia. Hutaga mayai 6-18 ardhini.

Tombo wanatokeaAfrika,AustralasianaUlaya.Kuna ndege hukoAmerikaambao wana mnasaba na tombo, lakini wanaainishwa ndani ya familiaOdontophoridae.