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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal	Black-breasted Buttonquail	Little Buttonquail
Wissenschaftlicher Name	Turnix melanogaster	Turnix velox
Ordnung	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
Familie	Turnicidae	Turnicidae
Erhaltungsstatus	Vulnerable	Least Concern
Länge	—	—
Flügelspannweite	20,8 cm (8.2 in)	15,0 cm (5.9 in)
Gewicht	104,0 g (3.67 oz)	43,75 g (1.54 oz)
Ernährung	--	--
Gelegegröße	3-5	3-4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Black-breasted Buttonquail only

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Little Buttonquail only

🌾 Grasland

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Black-breasted Buttonquail

Least Concern

Little Buttonquail

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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.

Little Buttonquail

Little Buttonquail (Turnix velox) is a tiny 12–15 cm buttonquail endemic to Australia. Pale sandy-brown with fine dark streaking; white eye; swift runner. Inhabits open dry grasslands, gibber plains, and mulga scrub across arid interior Australia. Highly nomadic, following rainfall. The smallest Australian buttonquail. Polyandrous.

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