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LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivore
GrasslandScrapeSmall · 51 g
GrasslandScrapeSmall · 51 g
When to see the Fynbos Buttonquail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Fynbos Buttonquail
Regular range
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Fynbos Buttonquail
The Fynbos buttonquail is a bird in the family Turnicidae formerly considered conspecific with the black-rumped buttonquail. There are no subspecies.
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Easily confused with
Spotted ButtonquailTurnix ocellatusThey exhibit sexual dimorphism in which males whiter heads with females having darker heads.
Sumba ButtonquailTurnix everettiThe Sumba buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae.
Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanusThis species has a brown back, rufous chest, and pale belly, brown irises and a black rump.
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