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WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Black-breasted Buttonquail

Turnix melanogaster

Black-breasted Buttonquail belongs to Turnicidae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Black-breasted Buttonquail · Turnix melanogaster
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Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name
Turnix melanogaster
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Turnicidae
Conservation record
VU · Vulnerable
Habitat in source
Forest
Reported mass
87.1 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

澳大拉西亚:昆士兰州东南部(澳大利亚中东部)

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.

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Illustration source:huashu-bird-sticker · PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0 · Indra Bone · Reference record ↗

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