Bird / Turnix sylvaticus
Small Buttonquail
Lowest risk
Migratory
The common buttonquail, Kurrichane buttonquail, small buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from southern Spain and Africa through India and tropical Asia to Indonesia.
- Range elevation
- 2000-2400 (high) m
- Range mass
- 36 to 71 g
- Range length
- 14-17 (high) cm
- Average length
- 11.7 cm
- Breeding season
- The breeding season varies from region to region.
- Range eggs per season
- 4 to 5
- Range time to hatching
- 12 to 14 days
- Range time to independence
- 18 to 20 days
Pappas, J. 2002. "Turnix sylvaticus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Turnix_sylvaticus/
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