Red-backed Buttonquail
- Scientific name
- Turnix maculosus
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Grassland
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Rounded
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Why it matters
The red-backed buttonquail is a small, elusive ground-dwelling bird characterized by its rounded wing and tail shapes, which are adapted for short, explosive flights rather than long-distance migration. Within the *Turnicidae* family, these birds are notable for their unique social structure, where females are typically larger and more brightly colored than males and engage in polyandrous mating displays.
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