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Little buttonquail

Turnix velox (Gould, 1841)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The little buttonquail (Turnix velox) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 37 g to 53 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 little buttonquail

Weight
37 g – 53 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.5 – 3.58src 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 little 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 little 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 little buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The little buttonquail (Turnix velox) is a species of buttonquail, part of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident in Australia, where it is one of the more common buttonquails.

The species is found in grassland habitats.

The female is an unmarked pale colour below, and straw-brown above with white streaking; the male is similar but less neatly marked. The species has a large pale bill, and pale eye.

From the Wikipedia article “Little buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_buttonquail&oldid=1359017440), 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 little buttonquail endangered?

The little 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 little buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix velox (Gould, 1841)

Synonyms Hemipodius velox, Turnix velox velox

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • Little button-quailEnglish
  • Little button-quailEnglish
  • سمان ذو النقرة في الذقن الصغيرArabic
  • guatlla pintada canyellaCatalan
  • perepel australskýCzech
  • corsofliar fechanWelsh
  • Brun LøbehøneDanish
  • ZwerglaufhühnchenGerman
  • eta turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo velozSpanish
  • leetledikEstonian
  • kulopyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Petit TurnixFrench
  • mala trkušaCroatian
  • törpeguvatfürjHungarian
  • Quaglia tridattila minoreItalian
  • マメミフウズラJapanese
  • mažoji tripirštėLithuanian
  • Kleine VechtkwartelDutch
  • vandrespringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik karłowatyPolish
  • toirão-pequenoPortuguese
  • Малая трёхпёрсткаRussian
  • Австралийская трёхперсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec trpasličíSlovak
  • Mala prepeličicaSerbian
  • mindre springhönaSwedish
  • Avustralya BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка малаUkrainian
  • 小三趾鶉Chinese
  • 小三趾鹑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the little buttonquail

Other species in the same genus Turnix.

CompareLittle buttonquail vs Common buttonquailLittle buttonquail vs Barred buttonquailLittle buttonquail vs Yellow-legged buttonquailLittle buttonquail vs Madagascar buttonquail

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the little buttonquail?

An adult little buttonquail weighs 37 g – 53 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the little buttonquail live?

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

Is the little buttonquail endangered?

The little 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 little buttonquail?

The little buttonquail (Turnix velox) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Little buttonquail (Turnix velox). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/little-buttonquail

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BibTeX
@misc{little_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Little buttonquail (Turnix velox)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/little-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}