Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Turnix castanotus
Family
Buttonquail
Order
Charadriiformes
Codes
chbbut2, CBBU
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyButtonquail (Turnicidae)
SpeciesTurnix castanotus
Codeschbbut2, CBBU
Identification

The Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a member of the Buttonquail family within the order Charadriiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code chbbut2 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.