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Common buttonquail

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The common buttonquail, also called the Kurrichane buttonquail or Andalusian hemipode, is a small bird in the buttonquail family, a group that resembles but is not closely related to true quails. It is a tiny bird about 15 centimeters long with streaked sandy brown upperparts, buff underparts with black flank markings and a plain face, found from southern Spain and Africa through India and tropical Asia to Indonesia in warm grasslands and scrub jungle. It is notoriously difficult to observe because it runs on the ground and is reluctant to fly, and while it is Least Concern globally it went extinct in Europe as of 2021. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Kept as Pets 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Turnix sylvaticus 4
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Charadriiformes, Taxa
Source Common buttonquail (Wikidata)

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Common buttonquail (Wikipedia)
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Found In

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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Common buttonquail (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    It is a tiny bird about 15 centimeters long with streaked sandy brown upperparts, buff underparts with black flank markings and a plain face, found from southern Spain and Africa through India and tropical Asia to Indonesia in warm grasslands and scrub jungle.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Grassland, Distribution and habitat
    It inhabits warm grasslands or scrub jungle and feeds on insects and seeds.
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3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Turnix sylvaticus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Positive Impacts
    Positive Impacts pet trade pet trade food food
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
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4. Common buttonquail (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18836 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Charadriiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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