Black-breasted Buttonquail vs Black-rumped Buttonquail

Turnix melanogaster مقارنةً بـ Turnix nanus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Black-breasted Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail
الاسم العلمي Turnix melanogaster Turnix nanus
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Turnicidae Turnicidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 20,8 cm (8.2 in) 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
الوزن 104,0 g (3.67 oz) 51,475 g (1.82 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-5 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Black-breasted Buttonquail only

Black-rumped Buttonquail only

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Black-breasted Buttonquail

Least Concern

Black-rumped Buttonquail

About These Birds

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.

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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