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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Chestnut-backed Buttonquail	Black-rumped Buttonquail
الاسم العلمي	Turnix castanotus	Turnix nanus
الرتبة	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
الفصيلة	Turnicidae	Turnicidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	—	—
طول الجناح	16,8 cm (6.6 in)	14,9 cm (5.9 in)
الوزن	87,25 g (3.08 oz)	51,475 g (1.82 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	3-4	3
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌾 Grassland

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail only

🌲 Forest

Black-rumped Buttonquail only

بلا

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Least Concern

Black-rumped Buttonquail

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About These Birds

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a small 15–17 cm buttonquail endemic to northern Australia. Richly patterned with chestnut back and wings; pale sandy below with spotted breast. Inhabits tropical open woodland and spinifex grassland in the Top End and Kimberley. Poorly known; rarely encountered despite apparently broad range.

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Black-rumped Buttonquail (Turnix nanus) is a tiny 13–14 cm buttonquail of sub-Saharan Africa. Pale sandy-buff with dark rufous streaking; distinctive dark rump visible in flight. Inhabits short open grassland and burnt savanna areas across tropical Africa from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to Tanzania.

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