Chestnut-backed Buttonquail vs Black-rumped Buttonquail

Turnix castanotus مقارنةً بـ Turnix nanus

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

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail only

Black-rumped Buttonquail only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Least Concern

Black-rumped Buttonquail

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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