Red-backed Buttonquail vs Black-rumped Buttonquail

Turnix maculosus в сравнении с Turnix nanus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Red-backed Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail
Научное название Turnix maculosus Turnix nanus
Отряд Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Семейство Turnicidae Turnicidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 14,8 cm (5.8 in) 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
Масса 36,25 g (1.28 oz) 51,475 g (1.82 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2-4 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Red-backed Buttonquail only

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Black-rumped Buttonquail only

Нет

Охранный статус

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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