Common buttonquail vs Luzon buttonquail
The luzon buttonquail is heavier: 67 g against 52.7 g for the common buttonquail, about 27% more.
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What is the difference between a common buttonquail and a luzon buttonquail?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The luzon buttonquail is heavier: 67 g against 52.7 g for the common buttonquail, about 27% more.
- Both belong to the genus Turnix, so they are close relatives.
- The common buttonquail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the luzon buttonquail is Data Deficient.
Side by side
| Common buttonquail | Luzon buttonquail | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Turnix sylvaticus | Turnix worcesteri |
| Family | Turnicidae | Turnicidae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Charadriiformes |
| Weight | 42.9 g – 52.7 g | 67 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | shrubland | grassland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Data Deficient |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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