I've been really lucky to have some wonderful tame button quails in my life įirst Baby Spaz, then Bunny, Hercules, PeeWee and Praddle. On a separate page, I've compiled a list of some button species as well as some amusing translations from around the world. These "buttonquails" are not commonly kept in aviculture, are quite difficult to breed, and in fact, there are only a couple of them in captivity in the U.S. The other birds that we call "buttonquails" are of the order Gruiformes, family turnicidae. The Button you will see pictured on my pages is commonly referred to as the "Chinese Painted Quail", and is a member of the order Galliformes, family phasianidae.
There are actually several different species of birds sharing the name "Button Quail", and they are all not necessarily related. Males average four to five years (again, depending on care and nutrition), but I have heard of at least a few male buttons who lived to be as old as nine! Unfortunately, our buttons do not have a very long lifespan females' can be as short as 18 months, but if they are given proper care and nutrition (see below), you can expect your button hen to live three to four years or even more. In addition to the normal "wild type", they come in silver, white, browns and various combinations and shades of these colors, also known as "mutations".
Click here for a map of the distribution of the Button Quail. First of all, what is a Button Quail? Buttons are the smallest of the "true" quails, about four inches long, and are native to Australia, Southeast Asia, India, etc.
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