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Painted buttonquail

Turnix varius (Latham, 1801)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 74.7 g to 109 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the painted buttonquail

Weight
74.7 g – 109 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
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 painted 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 painted 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 painted buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) is a species of buttonquail, the family Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. This species is resident in Australia where numbers are believed to be in decline. A subspecies, the Abrolhos painted buttonquail (Turnix varius scintillans), is endemic to the Houtman Abrolhos islands.

From the Wikipedia article “Painted buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Painted_buttonquail&oldid=1314682855), 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 painted buttonquail endangered?

The painted 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 painted buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix varius (Latham, 1801)

Synonyms Turnix varia

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Painted button-quailEnglish
  • سمان ذو النقرة في الذقن الملونArabic
  • guatlla pintada ullrojaCatalan
  • perepel rudookýCzech
  • Rødøjet LøbehøneDanish
  • BuntlaufhühnchenGerman
  • bunta turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo pintojoSpanish
  • suurledikEstonian
  • pensaikkopyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Turnix barioléFrench
  • velika trkušaCroatian
  • tarka guvatfürjHungarian
  • Quaglia tridattila variaItalian
  • Quaglia tridattila pittataItalian
  • ササフミフウズラJapanese
  • puošnioji tripirštėLithuanian
  • Bonte VechtkwartelDutch
  • rødøyespringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik śniadyPolish
  • toirão-coloridoPortuguese
  • Расписная трёхперсткаRussian
  • Расписная трёхпёрсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec maľovanýSlovak
  • Šarena prepeličicaSerbian
  • brokspringhönaSwedish
  • Boyalı BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка червоноокаUkrainian
  • 彩三趾鹑Chinese
  • 花彩三趾鶉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the painted 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 painted buttonquail?

An adult painted buttonquail weighs 74.7 g – 109 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the painted buttonquail live?

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

Is the painted buttonquail endangered?

The painted 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 painted buttonquail?

The painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/painted-buttonquail

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{painted_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Painted buttonquail (Turnix varius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/painted-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}