Chestnut-backed Buttonquail vs Black-rumped Buttonquail

Turnix castanotus 비교 대상 Turnix nanus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail
학명 Turnix castanotus Turnix nanus
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Turnicidae Turnicidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 16.8 cm (6.6 in) 14.9 cm (5.9 in)
체중 87.25 g (3.08 oz) 51.475 g (1.82 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 3-4 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail only

Black-rumped Buttonquail only

없음

보전 상태

Least Concern

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Least Concern

Black-rumped Buttonquail

About These Birds

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a small 15–17 cm buttonquail endemic to northern Australia. Richly patterned with chestnut back and wings; pale sandy below with spotted breast. Inhabits tropical open woodland and spinifex grassland in the Top End and Kimberley. Poorly known; rarely encountered despite apparently broad range.

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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