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Chestnut-backed buttonquail

Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The chestnut-backed buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) 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 Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the chestnut-backed 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
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4src 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the chestnut-backed 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 chestnut-backed 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 chestnut-backed buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut-backed buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia.

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-backed buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut-backed_buttonquail&oldid=1314305081), 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 chestnut-backed buttonquail endangered?

The chestnut-backed 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 chestnut-backed buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix castanotus (Gould, 1840)

Synonyms Hemipodius castanotus, Turnix castanota, Turnix castanota, Turnix castanota, Turnix castanota, Turnix castanota, Turnix castanotus castanotus

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Chestnut-backed button-quailEnglish
  • Chestnut-backed button-quailEnglish
  • سمان ذو النقرة في الذقن كستنائي الظهر،Arabic
  • guatlla pintada dorsicastanyaCatalan
  • perepel kaštanovýCzech
  • Corsofliar gefnwinauWelsh
  • Brunrygget LøbehøneDanish
  • Kastanjebrystet LøbehøneDanish
  • Rotrücken-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • kaŝtandorsa turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo dorsicastañoSpanish
  • savanniledikEstonian
  • savannipyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Turnix castanoteFrench
  • kestenjasta trkušaCroatian
  • vöröshátú guvatfürjHungarian
  • Quaglia tridattila dorsocastanoItalian
  • セアカミフウズラJapanese
  • セアカヒメミフウズラJapanese
  • rudnugarė tripirštėLithuanian
  • Rosse VechtkwartelDutch
  • perlespringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik rdzawogrzbietyPolish
  • toirão-de-dorso-castanhoPortuguese
  • Каштановоспинная трёхперсткаRussian
  • Каштановоспинная трёхпёрсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec hnedochrbtýSlovak
  • Prepeličica kestenjastih leđaSerbian
  • rostryggig springhönaSwedish
  • Kestane Sırtlı BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка північнаUkrainian
  • 栗背三趾鶉Chinese
  • 栗背三趾鹑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the chestnut-backed 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 chestnut-backed buttonquail?

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

Where does the chestnut-backed buttonquail live?

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

Is the chestnut-backed buttonquail endangered?

The chestnut-backed 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 chestnut-backed buttonquail?

The chestnut-backed buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chestnut-backed buttonquail (Turnix castanotus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-backed-buttonquail

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_backed_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Chestnut-backed buttonquail (Turnix castanotus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-backed-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}