Luzon buttonquail
Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904
The luzon buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 67 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the luzon buttonquail
- Weight
- 67 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
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the luzon buttonquail live?
Not recorded
What is the luzon buttonquail?
The Luzon buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri) or Worcester's buttonquail, is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical high-altitude grassland. This is the most mysterious bird of Luzon as there has only been 1 sighting in 2009 of a trapped individual being sold for bushmeat.
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Is the luzon buttonquail endangered?
The luzon buttonquail is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species.
How is the luzon buttonquail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCharadriiformes
- familyTurnicidae
- genusTurnix
- SpeciesTurnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- Luzon buttonquail or Philippine buttonquail or Worcester's buttonquailEnglish
- Luzon buttonquail or Philippine buttonquail or Worcester's buttonquailEnglish
- Worcester's buttonquailEnglish
- Worcester's buttonquailEnglish
- Worcester's buttonquailEnglish
- سمان ورسستر ذو النقرة في الذقنArabic
- Turniz LuzonBreton
- guatlla pintada de WorcesterCatalan
- perepel luzonskýCzech
- perepel WorcesterůvCzech
- corsofliar WorcesterWelsh
- Luzon LøbehøneDanish
- WorcesterlaufhühnchenGerman
- Luzon-LaufhühnchenGerman
- luzona turnicoEsperanto
- Torillo de WorcesterSpanish
- ülanguledikEstonian
- luzoninpyyjuoksijaFinnish
- Turnix de WorcesterFrench
- luzonska trkušaCroatian
- luzoni guvatfürjHungarian
- Quaglia tridattila di LuzonItalian
- フィリピンヒメミフウズラJapanese
- Vorčesterio tripirštėLithuanian
- Worcesters VechtkwartelDutch
- luzonspringvaktelNorwegian
- przepiórnik perłogłowyPolish
- toirão-de-luçãoPortuguese
- toirão-de-luzonPortuguese
- Лузонская трёхпёрсткаRussian
- Лусонская трёхперсткаRussian
- prepeľovec horskýSlovak
- Luzonska prepeličicaSerbian
- luzonspringhönaSwedish
- Luzon BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
- триперстка лусонськаUkrainian
- 吕宋三趾鹑Chinese
- 呂宋三趾鶉〔沃氏三趾鶉〕Chinese
Relatives of the luzon buttonquail
Other species in the same genus Turnix.
Common buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
Barred buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
Yellow-legged buttonquail
Turnix tanki
Madagascar buttonquail
Turnix nigricollis
Black-breasted buttonquail
Turnix melanogaster
Fynbos buttonquail
Turnix hottentottus
CompareLuzon buttonquail vs Common buttonquailLuzon buttonquail vs Barred buttonquailLuzon buttonquail vs Yellow-legged buttonquailLuzon buttonquail vs Madagascar buttonquail
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the luzon buttonquail?
An adult luzon buttonquail weighs 67 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the luzon buttonquail endangered?
The luzon buttonquail is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the luzon buttonquail?
The luzon buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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