Black-breasted Buttonquail vs Painted Buttonquail

Turnix melanogaster verglichen mit Turnix varius

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Merkmal Black-breasted Buttonquail Painted Buttonquail
Wissenschaftlicher Name Turnix melanogaster Turnix varius
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Turnicidae Turnicidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 20,8 cm (8.2 in) 19,9 cm (7.8 in)
Gewicht 104,0 g (3.67 oz) 88,25 g (3.11 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3-5 3-5
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Habitat Comparison

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Black-breasted Buttonquail

Least Concern

Painted 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.

Painted Buttonquail

Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius) is the most colorful Australian buttonquail at 17–19 cm. Female: boldly patterned with chestnut shoulders, red eye, and black and grey markings. Inhabits open dry sclerophyll forest and woodland with grassy understory in eastern and south-western Australia. Forages by spinning in leaf litter.

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