The common buttonquail resembles the common quail, it has streaked sandy brown upperparts, buff underparts with black flank markings, and a plain face. In flight, a whitish wingbar contrasts with the grey wing.
By the meteorological calendar, winter always starts on 1 December. The seasons are defined as Spring (March, April, May), Summer (June, July, August), Autumn (September, October, November) and Winter (December, January, February).
Meteorological dates for the start of seasons in the northern hemisphere are: 1st of December for Winter, 1st of March for spring, 1st of June for summer and the 1st of September for Autumn.