Gruiformes
Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
HBW 3, p. 44
- Small, plump, quail-like terrestrial birds, with short legs, no hind toe and a rudimentary tail.
- Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian Regions; peripheral in SW Palearctic.
- Grassland to forest, from sea-level up to 2500 m.
- 2 genera, 16 species, 59 taxa.
- 3 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 7 6 1 8 1 Common Buttonquail (Turnix sylvatica)
- 2 2 8 2 Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosa)
- 1 1 8 3 Black-rumped Buttonquail (Turnix hottentotta)
- 1 1 8 4 Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
- 3 1 1 1 8 5 Spotted Buttonquail (Turnix ocellata)
- 14 1 9 4 8 6 Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
- 4 1 3 8 7 Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
- 6 1 5 4 8 Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster)
- 0 6 9 Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanota)
- 0 3 10 Buff-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix olivii)
- 10 5 5 8 11 Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varia)
- 0 7 12 Worcester's Buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri)
- 0 4 13 Sumba Buttonquail (Turnix everetti)
- 0 8 14 Red-chested Buttonquail (Turnix pyrrhothorax)
- 3 1 2 8 15 Australian Little Buttonquail (Turnix velox)
- 5 1 4 8 16 Lark Buttonquail (Ortyxelos meiffrenii)
Family statistics
2 genera, 16 species
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| 2 genera | (100%) |
| 11 species | (69%) |
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