Common Buttonquail

Common ButtonquailThe Common Buttonquail is a small bird that runs beneath grass and scrub. Adult females are larger and more brightly colored than males.What does it look like?An adult female has fine black, gray, and chestnut mottling above and a chestnut breast. Males have a similar pattern but are paler and duller.How does it live?The Common Buttonquail is a small bird that runs beneath grass and scrub. Adult females are larger and more brightly colored than males.It walks under low grass and shrubs and eats seeds and insects. In coastal Spain and North Africa it uses dry scrub, grassy dunes, and fields; when threatened, it makes a short flight back into cover.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.