Red-backed Buttonquail vs Black-rumped Buttonquail

Turnix maculosus 비교 대상 Turnix nanus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Red-backed Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail
학명 Turnix maculosus Turnix nanus
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Turnicidae Turnicidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 14.8 cm (5.8 in) 14.9 cm (5.9 in)
체중 36.25 g (1.28 oz) 51.475 g (1.82 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 2-4 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Red-backed Buttonquail only

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Black-rumped Buttonquail only

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Red-backed Buttonquail

Least Concern

Black-rumped Buttonquail

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.

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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