Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae (Buttonquail)  
Genus: Turnix (17 species)


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Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus)
Range: AU: n WA, Top End and satellites (n NT; nc Australia)
 



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Sumba Buttonquail (Turnix everetti) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Sumba (sw Lesser Sundas)
 



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Fynbos Buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus)
Range: AF: South Africa
 



Red-backed Buttonquail
Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus)
Range: AU: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas to sc, ne, se New Guinea, n, e Australia and e Bismarck Arch.
Cape York, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by Greg B. Miles     Copyright and usage info


Black-breasted Buttonquail
Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster) Vulnerable
Range: AU: se QLD (ec Australia)
southeast, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by Aviceda     Copyright and usage info


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Black-rumped Buttonquail (Turnix nanus)
Range: AF: widespread
 



Madagascar Buttonquail
Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
Range: AF: Madagascar
Anakao, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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New Caledonian Buttonquail (Turnix novaecaledoniae) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: Grande Terre (New Caledonia)
 



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Spotted Buttonquail (Turnix ocellatus)
Range: OR: Luzon (Philippines)
 



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Buff-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix olivii) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: se Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia)
 



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Red-chested Buttonquail (Turnix pyrrhothorax)
Range: AU: Australia (except n, se, Tasmania)
 



Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) Male
Range: OR: widespread
Punggol Barat, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.

Barred Buttonquail
Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) Female
Range: OR: widespread
Punggol Barat, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Common Buttonquail
Common Buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
Range: PAL, AF, OR: widespread
Masai Mara, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
Range: OR: widespread
 



Painted Buttonquail
Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius varius)
Range: AU: sw, se, e Australia and Tasmania
Castlereigh Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Little Buttonquail
Little Buttonquail (Turnix velox)
Range: AU: Australia (except n, Tasmania)
Yathong Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


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Worcester's Buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri)
Range: OR: Luzon (n Philippines)
 




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