Barred buttonquail vs Buff-breasted buttonquail
The buff-breasted buttonquail is heavier: 84.1 g against 49.1 g for the barred buttonquail, about 71% more.
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: J. G. Keulemans, del. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a barred buttonquail and a buff-breasted buttonquail?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The buff-breasted buttonquail is heavier: 84.1 g against 49.1 g for the barred buttonquail, about 71% more.
- Both belong to the genus Turnix, so they are close relatives.
- The barred buttonquail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the buff-breasted buttonquail is Critically Endangered.
Side by side
| Barred buttonquail | Buff-breasted buttonquail | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Turnix suscitator | Turnix olivii |
| Family | Turnicidae | Turnicidae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Charadriiformes |
| Weight | 44 g – 58 g | 68.9 g – 99.3 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland | grassland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Critically Endangered |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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