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Black-rumped buttonquail

Turnix nanus (Sundevall, 1850)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 42.7 g to 60 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the black-rumped buttonquail

Weight
42.7 g – 60 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-rumped buttonquail live?

Not recorded

What is the black-rumped buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus) is a small species of bird in the buttonquail family.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-rumped buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-rumped_buttonquail&oldid=1366922156), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-rumped buttonquail endangered?

The black-rumped buttonquail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the black-rumped buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix nanus (Sundevall, 1850)

Synonyms Hemipodius nanus, Turnix hottentotta insolata, Turnix hottentotta luciana, Turnix hottentottus nanus, Turnix nana, Turnix nana insolata, Turnix nana luciana, Turnix nanus nanus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • BRBUEnglish
  • SwartrugkwarteltjieAfrikaans
  • سمان ذو النقرة في الذقن أسود الردفArabic
  • guatlla pintada nanaCatalan
  • perepel savanovýCzech
  • DværgløbehøneDanish
  • KaplaufhühnchenGerman
  • Schwarzbürzel-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • nigrapuga turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo enanoSpanish
  • bantu väljaledikEstonian
  • Turnix nainFrench
  • bjelotrba trkušaCroatian
  • Quaglia tridattila groppaneraItalian
  • コシグロミフウズラJapanese
  • ホオアカミフウズラJapanese
  • SvartgumpspringvaktelNorwegian Bokmål
  • NatalvechtkwartelDutch
  • savannespringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik czarnorzytnyPolish
  • toirão-anãoPortuguese
  • toirão-de-tronco-pretoPortuguese
  • Натальская трёхперсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec lúčnySlovak
  • Crnoleđa prepeličicaSerbian
  • savannspringhönaSwedish
  • Kara Belli BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка чорногузаUkrainian
  • 黑腰三趾鶉Chinese
  • 黑腰三趾鹑Chinese

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Relatives of the black-rumped buttonquail

Other species in the same genus Turnix.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-rumped buttonquail?

An adult black-rumped buttonquail weighs 42.7 g – 60 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-rumped buttonquail endangered?

The black-rumped buttonquail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-rumped buttonquail?

The black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-rumped-buttonquail

MLA

“Black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-rumped-buttonquail.

BibTeX
@misc{black_rumped_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-rumped-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}