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Fynbos buttonquail

Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815

LCLeast Concernbirds

The fynbos buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus) 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.

Fynbos buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus)
Photo: Reichenbach, 1781-1782 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fynbos 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 fynbos buttonquail live?

Not recorded

What is the fynbos buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Fynbos buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus) is a bird in the family Turnicidae formerly considered conspecific with the black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus). There are no subspecies.

From the Wikipedia article “Fynbos buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fynbos_buttonquail&oldid=1339748406), 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 fynbos buttonquail endangered?

The fynbos 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 fynbos buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815

Synonyms Turnix hottentotta, Turnix hottentottus hottentottus, Turnix nana hottentotta, Turnix nanus nanus

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • Black-rumped buttonquailEnglish
  • Black-rumped buttonquailEnglish
  • Black-rumped buttonquailEnglish
  • FYBUEnglish
  • Hottentot buttonquailEnglish
  • Hottentot buttonquailEnglish
  • Kaapse KwarteltjieAfrikaans
  • سمان أسود الردف ذو النقرة في الذقنArabic
  • guatlla pintada hotentotCatalan
  • perepel kapskýCzech
  • perepel hottentotskýCzech
  • Corsofliar dindduWelsh
  • HottentotløbehøneDanish
  • KaplaufhühnchenGerman
  • HottentottenlaufhühnchenGerman
  • hotentota turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo hotentoteSpanish
  • Torillo de El CaboSpanish
  • väljaledikEstonian
  • بلدرچین بوتهای هاتنتاتPersian
  • afrikanpyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Turnix du fynbosFrench
  • Turnix hottentotFrench
  • kapska trkušaCroatian
  • hottentotta guvatfürjHungarian
  • Quaglia tridattila ottentottaItalian
  • ホオアカミフウズラJapanese
  • フィンボスミフウズラJapanese
  • kapinė tripirštėLithuanian
  • FynbosspringvaktelNorwegian Bokmål
  • FynbosvechtkwartelDutch
  • HottentotvechtkwartelDutch
  • svartgumpspringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik hotentockiPolish
  • przepiórnik przylądkowyPolish
  • toirão-do-caboPortuguese
  • toirão-do-feinebósPortuguese
  • toirão-hotentotePortuguese
  • Капская трёхперсткаRussian
  • Капская трёхпёрсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec kapskýSlovak
  • Kapska prepeličicaSerbian
  • kapspringhönaSwedish
  • Svartgumpad springhönaSwedish
  • Kap BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка капськаUkrainian
  • Cun cút phao câu đenVietnamese
  • 南非三趾鶉Chinese
  • 非洲三趾鹑Chinese
  • isiGwacaZulu

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Relatives of the fynbos buttonquail

Other species in the same genus Turnix.

CompareFynbos buttonquail vs Common buttonquailFynbos buttonquail vs Barred buttonquailFynbos buttonquail vs Yellow-legged buttonquailFynbos buttonquail vs Madagascar buttonquail

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the fynbos buttonquail?

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

Is the fynbos buttonquail endangered?

The fynbos 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 fynbos buttonquail?

The fynbos buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{fynbos_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Fynbos buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fynbos-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}