Quail-plover vs Black-rumped Buttonquail

Ortyxelos meiffrenii so với Turnix nanus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Quail-plover Black-rumped Buttonquail
Tên Khoa Học Ortyxelos meiffrenii Turnix nanus
Bộ Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Họ Turnicidae Turnicidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 15,2 cm (6.0 in) 14,9 cm (5.9 in)
Khối Lượng 17,6 g (0.62 oz) 51,475 g (1.82 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 2 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Quail-plover only

Không

Black-rumped Buttonquail only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Quail-plover

Least Concern

Black-rumped Buttonquail

About These Birds

Quail-plover

Quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) is a tiny 10–11 cm shorebird-like bird of arid African savannas, sole member of family Turnicidae's outgroup and sometimes placed in Thinocoridae. Extremely cryptic pale sandy plumage with dark streaks; black and white wing pattern in flight.

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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