Wretin

Small ground-dwelling bird that can reluctantly fly short distances similar to a grouse, quail, or pheasant.  They produce delicious, nutritious eggs and meat.  Males of the species are larger and more colorful, often sporting incredibly elaborate ornamentation such as crests, longer fan-tails, and inflatable, brightly colored patches of bare skin. 

Wretin eat mostly seeds, grains, roots, and berries but during summer months take advantage of insects, fresh green shoots, spiders, earthworms, and snails.
 Males perform elaborate courtship displays on the ground at dawn and dusk, which feature males' brightly colored plumage, vocalizations, and drumming or fluttering their wings, rattling their tails, and making short display flights. Occasionally, males fight.

The nest is a shallow depression or scrape on the ground—often in cover—with a scant lining of plant detritus. The female lays one clutch, but may replace it if the eggs are lost. She begins to lay about a week after mating and lays one egg every day or two with a complete clutch comprised five to 12 eggs. The eggs have the shape of hen's eggs and are pale yellow, sparsely spotted with brown. On laying the second-last or last egg, the female starts 21 to 28 days of incubation. Chicks hatch in dense, yellow-brown down and leave the nest immediately. The female and male stay with the young and protect them until their first autumn, when they reach maturity.