Button Quail

Button Quails are the smallest of the "true" quails, about four inches long, and are native to Australia, Southeast Asia, India, etc.

Button quails are the perfect addition to any aviary. They are small, around 4", attractive (cute as a button), and can become very tame.

They are intelligent and clean up all the spilt seed from the other birds. They need very little care and come to breed quite easily.

Feeding is simple, and they are not very noisy. They stay on the ground almost all the time, and don't bother any other birds.

Button quails are small running birds, which avoid flying.

The female is the more brightly coloured of the sexes, and initiates courtship.

Both sexes cooperate in building a nest in the earth, but only the male incubates the eggs and tends the young.

The eggs hatch after an incubation period of 12 or 13 days, and the young are able to fly within two weeks of hatching.

The picture on the right shows a clay pot used as an incubator.