BirdUp · Species
Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
Turnix castanotus(Gould, 1840)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Genus
- Turnix
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The chestnut-backed buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North WA, Top End and satellites (north NT; north-central Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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