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 |  | Scientific name: Turnix velox
Size: 14 - 16cm
Status: Common
Diet: Feeds on seeds of native grasses and insects.
Habitat: Dry to arid woodlands grasslands.
Breeding: All year round except cold winters. Nests on the ground at base of grass clumps, three to five eggs are laid.
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| | Little Button-quail
/Little+Button-quail/$File/Little+Button-quail.jpg) The female is bigger and brighter than the male. |