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Buff-breasted buttonquail

Turnix olivii Robinson, 1900

CRCritically Endangeredbirds

The buff-breasted buttonquail (Turnix olivii) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 68.9 g to 99.3 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

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Quick facts about the buff-breasted buttonquail

Weight
68.9 g – 99.3 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
3.5 – 3.75src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the buff-breasted buttonquail live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The buff-breasted buttonquail is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the buff-breasted buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The buff-breasted buttonquail (Turnix olivii) is the largest and possibly the rarest of the buttonquail. This species is endemic to Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia.

From the Wikipedia article “Buff-breasted buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buff-breasted_buttonquail&oldid=1380597969), 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 buff-breasted buttonquail endangered?

The buff-breasted buttonquail is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Critically Endangered species.

How is the buff-breasted buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix olivii Robinson, 1900

Synonyms Austroturnix olivii coenensis, Turnix castanota olivii, Turnix olivei olivei

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Buff-breasted button-quailEnglish
  • Buff-breasted button-quailEnglish
  • سمان ذو النقرة في الذقن برتقالي الصدر،Arabic
  • guatlla pintada de RobinsonCatalan
  • perepel okrovoprsýCzech
  • Olivenbrystet LøbehøneDanish
  • Ockerbrust-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • Robinson-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • okrabrusta turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo de RobinsonSpanish
  • queenslandi ledikEstonian
  • okrapyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Turnix de RobinsonFrench
  • sivoglava trkušaCroatian
  • barnabegyű guvatfürjHungarian
  • Quaglia tridattila pettocamoscioItalian
  • セアカミフウズラJapanese
  • ハイムネミフウズラJapanese
  • seakamifuuzuraJapanese
  • geltonkrūtė tripirštėLithuanian
  • Cape-YorkvechtkwartelDutch
  • rustnakkespringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik płowyPolish
  • toirão-de-peito-cremePortuguese
  • toirão-de-peito-pardoPortuguese
  • Светлогрудая трёхперсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec veľkozobýSlovak
  • Žutogruda prepeličicaSerbian
  • beigebröstad springhönaSwedish
  • Robinson BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка вохристоволаUkrainian
  • 黃胸三趾鶉Chinese
  • 黄胸三趾鹑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the buff-breasted 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 buff-breasted buttonquail?

An adult buff-breasted buttonquail weighs 68.9 g – 99.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the buff-breasted buttonquail live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the buff-breasted buttonquail for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the buff-breasted buttonquail endangered?

The buff-breasted buttonquail is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the buff-breasted buttonquail?

The buff-breasted buttonquail (Turnix olivii) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{buff_breasted_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Buff-breasted buttonquail (Turnix olivii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/buff-breasted-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}