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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	Quail-plover	Buff-breasted Buttonquail
学名	Ortyxelos meiffrenii	Turnix olivii
目	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
科	Turnicidae	Turnicidae
保护状况	Least Concern	Critically Endangered
体长	—	—
翼展	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)
体重	17.6 g (0.62 oz)	56.4 g (1.99 oz)
食性	--	--
产卵数	2	2-4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

🌾 Grassland

Quail-plover only

无

Buff-breasted Buttonquail only

🌲 Forest

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保护状况

Least Concern

Quail-plover

Critically Endangered

Buff-breasted Buttonquail

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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.

Buff-breasted Buttonquail

Buff-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix olivii) is a poorly-known small buttonquail endemic to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Sandy-buff below; dark-streaked above; olive-toned. Inhabits tropical grasslands on the Cape York Peninsula. Very rarely observed; first live bird photographed only in 2019.

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