Red-backed Buttonquail vs Madagascar Buttonquail

Turnix maculosus в сравнении с Turnix nigricollis

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Характеристика Red-backed Buttonquail Madagascar Buttonquail
Научное название Turnix maculosus Turnix nigricollis
Отряд Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Семейство Turnicidae Turnicidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 14,8 cm (5.8 in) 15,5 cm (6.1 in)
Масса 36,25 g (1.28 oz) 64,41666666666667 g (2.27 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2-4 3-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Red-backed Buttonquail only

Нет

Madagascar Buttonquail only

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Red-backed Buttonquail

Least Concern

Madagascar 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.

Madagascar Buttonquail

Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis) is a small 14–15 cm buttonquail endemic to Madagascar. Pale sandy-brown above with dark streaking; female has black-spotted breast. Inhabits open dry grassland, scrub, and degraded savanna across western and southern Madagascar. Locally common. Feeds on seeds and small invertebrates.

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