Red-backed Buttonquail vs Black-rumped Buttonquail

Turnix maculosus مقارنةً بـ Turnix nanus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Red-backed Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail
الاسم العلمي Turnix maculosus Turnix nanus
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Turnicidae Turnicidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 14,8 cm (5.8 in) 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
الوزن 36,25 g (1.28 oz) 51,475 g (1.82 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-4 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Red-backed Buttonquail only

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Black-rumped Buttonquail only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Red-backed Buttonquail

Least Concern

Black-rumped Buttonquail

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-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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