Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species: T. castanotus
Binomial name
Turnix castanotus
(Gould, 1840)
Distribution of the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

The Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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