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Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.045 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The red-backed buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Other names by which it is known in different parts of its range include black-backed, black-spotted and orange-breasted buttonquail. There are fourteen recognised subspecies.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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