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The Buff-breasted buttonquail (Turnix olivii) is a bird found in Australia. Found in Australia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

🏡 Where the Buff-breasted buttonquail lives

Found in Australia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs50%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Questions about the Buff-breasted buttonquail

Where does the Buff-breasted buttonquail live?

The Buff-breasted buttonquail lives in Australia. Found in Australia.

What does the Buff-breasted buttonquail eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), seeds and nuts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Buff-breasted buttonquail endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Coconut lorikeet
• Superb fairywren
• Masked lapwing
• Noisy miner
• Australian golden whistler
• Indian yellow-nosed albatross

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.