Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Turnix castanotus - Turnix castanote

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Turnicidés

  • Genus
    :

    Turnix

  • Species
    :

    castanotus

Descriptor

Gould, 1840

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 20 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 87 à 124 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Turnix castanote,
  • Torillo dorsicastaño,
  • toirão-de-dorso-castanho,
  • Rotrücken-Laufhühnchen,
  • vöröshátú guvatfürj,
  • Rosse Vechtkwartel,
  • Quaglia tridattila dorsocastano,
  • rostryggig springhöna,
  • Perlespringvaktel,
  • prepeľovec hnedochrbtý,
  • perepel kaštanový,
  • Brunrygget Løbehøne,
  • savannipyyjuoksija,
  • guatlla pintada dorsicastanya,
  • przepiórnik rdzawogrzbiety,
  • Каштановоспинная трёхпёрстка,
  • セアカミフウズラ,
  • 栗背三趾鹑,
  • 栗背三趾鶉,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 26-03-2006
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