Red-backed Buttonquail vs Black-breasted Buttonquail

Turnix maculosus в сравнении с Turnix melanogaster

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Характеристика Red-backed Buttonquail Black-breasted Buttonquail
Научное название Turnix maculosus Turnix melanogaster
Отряд Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Семейство Turnicidae Turnicidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Vulnerable
Длина
Размах крыльев 14,8 cm (5.8 in) 20,8 cm (8.2 in)
Масса 36,25 g (1.28 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2-4 3-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Red-backed Buttonquail only

Black-breasted Buttonquail only

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Red-backed Buttonquail

Vulnerable

Black-breasted 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-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.

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