Yellow-Legged Buttonquail
Lowest risk
Migratory
The yellow-legged buttonquail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. They are endemic to the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and Southeast Asia. There are two recognised subspecies; T. t. tanki is found in Pakistan, India and Nepal, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and T. t. blanfordii is found in Myanmar, and Indochina, and eastwards to eastern China. It also migrates to and breeds in the Korea peninsular and the southernmost parts of southeast Russia.
- Range mass
- 35 to 113 g
- Breeding season
- Breeding begins in March.
- Average time to hatching
- 12 days
Pappas, J. 2002. "Turnix tanki" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Turnix_tanki/
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