Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

When to see the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

The chestnut-backed buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia.

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Easily confused with

Yellow-legged ButtonquailTurnix tankiThe yellow-legged buttonquail is a small quail growing to a length of 15 to 18 cm (6 to 7 in), the females being slightly larger and more brightly coloured than the males. Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanusThis species has a brown back, rufous chest, and pale belly, brown irises and a black rump. Black-breasted ButtonquailTurnix melanogasterThe black-breasted buttonquail is a plump quail-shaped bird with predominantly marbled black, rufous and pale brown plumage, marked prominently with white spots and stripes, white eyes, a grey bill and yellowish feet.