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Sumba buttonquail

Turnix everetti E. Hartert, 1898

LCLeast Concernbirds

The sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 28 g to 51 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the sumba buttonquail

Weight
28 g – 51 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 3.85src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
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 sumba buttonquail live?

Not recorded

What is the sumba buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

From the Wikipedia article “Sumba buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumba_buttonquail&oldid=1357314113), 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 sumba buttonquail endangered?

The sumba 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 sumba buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix everetti E. Hartert, 1898

Synonyms Turnix sylvatica everetti

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • سمان سومبا ذو النقرة في الذقنArabic
  • guatlla pintada de SumbaCatalan
  • perepel sumbskýCzech
  • perepel EverettůvCzech
  • corsofliar SwmbaWelsh
  • Sumba LøbehøneDanish
  • SumbalaufhühnchenGerman
  • Sumba-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • sumba turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo de SumbaSpanish
  • sumba ledikEstonian
  • sumbanpyyjuoksijaFinnish
  • Turnix de SumbaFrench
  • sumpska trkušaCroatian
  • szumbai guvatfürjHungarian
  • Gemak sumbaIndonesian
  • Quaglia tridattila di SumbaItalian
  • スンバミフウズラJapanese
  • sumbinė tripirštėLithuanian
  • SumbraspringvaktelNorwegian Bokmål
  • SoembavechtkwartelDutch
  • sumbaspringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik wyspowyPolish
  • toirão-de-sumbaPortuguese
  • Сумбанская трёхперсткаRussian
  • Сумбийская трёхпёрсткаRussian
  • prepeľovec sumbskýSlovak
  • Everetova prepeličicaSerbian
  • sumbaspringhönaSwedish
  • Sumba BıldırcınyelvesiTurkish
  • триперстка сумбійськаUkrainian
  • 松巴三趾鶉Chinese
  • 松巴三趾鹑Chinese

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Relatives of the sumba 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 sumba buttonquail?

An adult sumba buttonquail weighs 28 g – 51 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sumba buttonquail endangered?

The sumba 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 sumba buttonquail?

The sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sumba-buttonquail

MLA

“Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sumba-buttonquail.

BibTeX
@misc{sumba_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {Sumba buttonquail (Turnix everetti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sumba-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}