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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Red-backed Buttonquail	Black-breasted Buttonquail
الاسم العلمي	Turnix maculosus	Turnix melanogaster
الرتبة	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
الفصيلة	Turnicidae	Turnicidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Vulnerable
الطول	—	—
طول الجناح	14,8 cm (5.8 in)	20,8 cm (8.2 in)
الوزن	36,25 g (1.28 oz)	104,0 g (3.67 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	2-4	3-5
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Red-backed Buttonquail only

🌾 Grassland

Black-breasted Buttonquail only

🌲 Forest

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Red-backed Buttonquail

Vulnerable

Black-breasted Buttonquail

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About These Birds

Red-backed Buttonquail

Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus) is a small 14–16 cm buttonquail of Australia, New Guinea, and parts of South-East Asia. Pale sandy-buff with rufous-red back and upper wings; buff face with pale eye. Inhabits open tropical grasslands, scrub, and coastal heaths. Female larger; polyandrous with role-reversed courtship.

Black-breasted Buttonquail

Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster) is a medium 17–19 cm, striking buttonquail endemic to eastern Australia. Female has bold black face, throat and breast with white spotting; male duller. Inhabits dry vine thickets and rainforest edges in Queensland and northern New South Wales.

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