Buttonquail

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Turnix castanotus

The Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is an 83 g woodland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Buttonquail

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

83 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Australia.

Photo: Joshua Bergmark (Ornis Birding Expeditions), CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons