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Common buttonquail

Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 42.9 g to 52.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the common buttonquail

Weight
42.9 g – 52.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
9 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
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 common buttonquail live?

Not recorded

What is the common buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus), also called Kurrichane buttonquail and Andalusian hemipode, is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds that resemble but are not closely related to the true quails.

From the Wikipedia article “Common buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_buttonquail&oldid=1384247302), 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 common buttonquail endangered?

The common 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 common buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789)

Synonyms Turnix sylvatica, Turnix sylvatica, Turnix sylvatica, Turnix sylvatica

Other names and names in other languages (76)
  • Andalusian hemipodeEnglish
  • Andalusian hemipodeEnglish
  • COBUEnglish
  • Kurrichane buttonquailEnglish
  • Kurrichane buttonquailEnglish
  • Small buttonquailEnglish
  • Striped buttonquailEnglish
  • BosveldkwarteltjieAfrikaans
  • سمان الصغير ذو النقرة في الذقن،Arabic
  • Cotorniz papirroyaAragonese
  • Африканска трипръсткаBulgarian
  • ছোট নাটাবটেরBangla
  • Turniz-AndalouziaBreton
  • guatlla pintada andalusaCatalan
  • perepel malýCzech
  • LøbehøneDanish
  • LaufhühnchenGerman
  • Rostkehl-KampfwachtelGerman
  • Rostkehl-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • Spitzschwanz-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • Μεσογειακός ΨευτόρτυγαςGreek
  • ordinara turnicoEsperanto
  • Andaluzia turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo andaluzSpanish
  • vuttledikEstonian
  • بلدرچین بوته ایPersian
  • viiriäispyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Turnix d'AndalousieFrench
  • Turnix d’AndalousieFrench
  • Heimeapód AndalúsachIrish
  • TourónGalician
  • טורניקסHebrew
  • טורניקס השיחיםHebrew
  • bjelogrla trkušaCroatian
  • guvatfürjHungarian
  • Rozsdástorkú guvatfürjHungarian
  • rózsdástorkú guvatfürjHungarian
  • Gemak tegalanIndonesian
  • TindilfætlaIcelandic
  • Quaglia tridattilaItalian
  • Quaglia tridattila comuneItalian
  • ヒメミフウズラJapanese
  • Miškinė vištelėLithuanian
  • miškinė tripirštėLithuanian
  • mazā trīspirkstīteLatvian
  • Gestreepte VechtkwartelDutch
  • springvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnikPolish
  • przepiórnik (zwyczajny)Polish
  • toirãoPortuguese
  • toirão-comumPortuguese
  • toirão-do-matoPortuguese
  • Малая трёхперсткаRussian
  • Африканская трёхперсткаRussian
  • Африканская трёхпёрсткаRussian
  • EanaváktilNorthern Sami
  • prepeľovec krovinovýSlovak
  • tekačicaSlovenian
  • HutaShona
  • PrepeličicaSerbian
  • springhönaSwedish
  • KipururuSwahili
  • Kurung KaadaiTamil
  • นกคุ่มอืดเล็กThai
  • bıldırcın yelvesiTurkish
  • Endelüs BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • lephurwaneTswana
  • lephurrwaneTswana
  • lephururwanaTswana
  • XitsatsanaTsonga
  • триперстка африканськаUkrainian
  • Cun cút nhỏVietnamese
  • IngolwaneXhosa
  • 林三趾鶉Chinese
  • 林三趾鹑Chinese
  • uNgoqoZulu

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Relatives of the common buttonquail

Other species in the same genus Turnix.

CompareCommon buttonquail vs Barred buttonquailCommon buttonquail vs Yellow-legged buttonquailCommon buttonquail vs Madagascar buttonquailCommon buttonquail vs Black-breasted buttonquail

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common buttonquail?

An adult common buttonquail weighs 42.9 g – 52.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the common buttonquail endangered?

The common 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 common buttonquail?

The common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-buttonquail

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{common_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}