Common buttonquail vs Spotted buttonquail
The spotted buttonquail is heavier: 110 g against 52.7 g for the common buttonquail, about 2.1 times the weight.
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a common buttonquail and a spotted buttonquail?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The spotted buttonquail is heavier: 110 g against 52.7 g for the common buttonquail, about 2.1 times the weight.
- Both belong to the genus Turnix, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Common buttonquail | Spotted buttonquail | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Turnix sylvaticus | Turnix ocellatus |
| Family | Turnicidae | Turnicidae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Charadriiformes |
| Weight | 42.9 g – 52.7 g | 110 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | shrubland | grassland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 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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