Little Buttonquail

Little Buttonquail

Taxobox
name = Little Buttonquail
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=47246|title=Turnix velox|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Turniciformes
familia = Turnicidae
genus = "Turnix"
species = "T. velox"
binomial = "Turnix velox"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1841)

The Little Buttonquail ("Turnix velox") is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident in Australia, where it is one of the more common button-quails.

The species is found in grassland habitats.

The female is an unmarked pale colour below, and straw-brown above with white streaking; the male is similar but less neatly-marked. The species has a large pale bill, and pale eye.

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