Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
| Chestnut-backed Buttonquail | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Turnicidae |
| Genus: | Turnix |
| Species: | T. castanotus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840) | |
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| 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.
