About the Yellow-legged Buttonquail
The yellow-legged buttonquail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This family is peculiar in that the females are larger and more colourful than the males and are polyandrous.
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The 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. The weight is 36 to 43 g (1.3 to 1.5 oz) for the subspecies Turnix tanki tanki, and 35 to 78 g (1.2 to 2.8 oz) for the male T. t. blanfordii, while the female of this subspecies is 93 to 113 g (3.3 to 4.0 oz). The tail is short and the wings have rounded ends. The adult male has a black crown with a buff margin, and sometimes a buff central streak.
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Taiwan.
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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.
Chestnut-backed ButtonquailTurnix castanotusThe chestnut-backed 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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