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Turnix sylvaticus (Kurrichane Buttonquail; Common Buttonquail)

Synonyms: Tetrao sylvaticus (homotypic); Turnix sylvatica

Wikipedia Abstract

The common buttonquail, Kurrichane buttonquail, small buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode (Turnix sylvaticus) 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. The common buttonquail resemble the common quail. It has streaked sandy brown upperparts, buff underparts with black flank markings, and a plain face. In flight, a whitish wingbar contrasts with the grey wing. Sexes are similar, but immature birds are more spotted below.
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Infraspecies

Turnix sylvaticus bartelsorum
Turnix sylvaticus celestinoi
Turnix sylvaticus davidi
Turnix sylvaticus dussumier
Turnix sylvaticus lepurana (Small Buttonquail) (Attributes)
Turnix sylvaticus nigrorum
Turnix sylvaticus suluensis
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus
Turnix sylvaticus whiteheadi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.65813
EDGE Score: 2.36632
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  47 grams
Birth Weight [2]  6 grams
Female Weight [1]  51 grams
Male Weight [1]  43 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  18.6 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  40 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Clutches / Year [1]  2
Egg Length [1]  0.945 inches (24 mm)
Egg Width [1]  0.748 inches (19 mm)
Fledging [1]  7 days
Incubation [4]  13 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Mating System [2]  Polyandry
Maximum Longevity [4]  9 years
Female Maturity [1]  0 years 12 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Predators

Micronisus gabar (Gabar goshawk)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0