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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal	Red-backed Buttonquail	Barred Buttonquail
Wissenschaftlicher Name	Turnix maculosus	Turnix suscitator
Ordnung	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
Familie	Turnicidae	Turnicidae
Erhaltungsstatus	Least Concern	Least Concern
Länge	—	—
Flügelspannweite	14,8 cm (5.8 in)	16,6 cm (6.5 in)
Gewicht	36,25 g (1.28 oz)	50,5 g (1.78 oz)
Ernährung	--	--
Gelegegröße	2-4	2-6
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

🌾 Grasland

Red-backed Buttonquail only

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Barred Buttonquail only

🌲 Wald

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Red-backed Buttonquail

Least Concern

Barred 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.

Barred Buttonquail

Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) is a small 15–18 cm buttonquail of South and South-East Asia. Sandy-rufous above with dark barring; female has black throat and chest band. Widespread across India, Sri Lanka, China, and South-East Asia. Inhabits open grassland, scrub, and agricultural land. Polyandrous; distinctive purring call of female.

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