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Madagascar buttonquail

Turnix nigricollis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The madagascar buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 58.5 g to 61.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Madagascar buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
Photo: SandyCole ( mailto:sandyc@dicksandy.org ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the madagascar buttonquail

Weight
58.5 g – 61.3 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
3.9src 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 madagascar buttonquail live?

Not recorded

What is the madagascar buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Madagascar buttonquail or Madagascan buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis) is a species of bird in the buttonquail family, Turnicidae,

that is endemic to Madagascar and a few small islands nearby. It is a ground-dwelling species with an unusual breeding biology in which the sexual dimorphism is reversed, with female being more brightly coloured than the male and it is the male that incubates the eggs and mainly cares for the young.

From the Wikipedia article “Madagascar buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madagascar_buttonquail&oldid=1314773087), 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 madagascar buttonquail endangered?

The madagascar 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 madagascar buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix nigricollis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Tetrao nigricollis

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • MABUEnglish
  • Madagascan buttonquailEnglish
  • Madagascan buttonquailEnglish
  • سمان مدغشقر ذو النقرة في الذقنArabic
  • guatlla pintada de MadagascarCatalan
  • perepel madagaskarskýCzech
  • corsofliar MadagasgarWelsh
  • MadagaskarløbehøneDanish
  • Madagascar LøbehøneDanish
  • Schwarzkehl-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • madagaskara turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo malgacheSpanish
  • madagaskari ledikEstonian
  • madagaskarinpyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Turnix de MadagascarFrench
  • madagaskarska trkušaCroatian
  • madagaszkári guvatfürjHungarian
  • Quaglia tridattila del MadagascarItalian
  • マダガスカルミフウズラJapanese
  • madagaskarinė tripirštėLithuanian
  • KiboboMalagasy
  • MadagaskarvechtkwartelDutch
  • madagaskarspringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik czarnogardłyPolish
  • toirão-malgaxePortuguese
  • toirão-de-madagascarPortuguese
  • toirão-de-madagáscarPortuguese
  • Мадагаскарская трёхперсткаRussian
  • Мадагаскарская трёхпёрсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec madagaskarskýSlovak
  • Madagaskarska prepeličicaSerbian
  • madagaskarspringhönaSwedish
  • Kara Boğazlı BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка мадагаскарськаUkrainian
  • 马岛三趾鹑Chinese
  • 馬達加斯加三趾鶉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the madagascar 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 madagascar buttonquail?

An adult madagascar buttonquail weighs 58.5 g – 61.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the madagascar buttonquail endangered?

The madagascar 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 madagascar buttonquail?

The madagascar buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Madagascar buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-buttonquail

MLA

“Madagascar buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-buttonquail.

BibTeX
@misc{madagascar_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Madagascar buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascar-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}