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GrasslandScrapeMedium · 110 g
ID tip
They exhibit sexual dimorphism in which males whiter heads with females having darker heads.
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When to see the Spotted Buttonquail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Spotted Buttonquail
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Spotted Buttonquail
The spotted buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Philippines on the island of Luzon.
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Easily confused with
Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottusThe Fynbos buttonquail is a bird in the family Turnicidae formerly considered conspecific with the black-rumped buttonquail.
Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanusThis species has a brown back, rufous chest, and pale belly, brown irises and a black rump.
Sumba ButtonquailTurnix everettiThe Sumba buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae.
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