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).
exists and is an alternate of . In the northern hemisphere of Earth, Fall begins on the Autumnal equinox (22-23 September) (in Persian calender it will begin at the first day of Mehr) and ends on the Winter solstice (21-22 December). In the southern hemisphere of Earth, Fall begins on the Autumnal equinox (20-21 March) and ends on the Winter solstice (20-21 June).