Category:Turnix - BirdForum Opus

Painted Buttonquail
Photo by Tannin
Driandra, Western Australia

Genus: Turnix

Description

Buttonquails are small quail-like birds; although superficially similar, they are not closely related to "true" quails. An old world group, Buttonquails are characterised by their polyandrous mating system; the females are more brightly coloured, the males incubate eggs and care for young.

Taxonomy

Turnix is a genus in the family Turnicidae.

Genus Turnix view • edit
T. sylvaticus	Common Buttonquail
T. maculosus	Red-backed Buttonquail
T. nanus	Black-rumped Buttonquail
T. hottentottus	Fynbos Buttonquail
T. tanki	Yellow-legged Buttonquail
T. ocellatus	Spotted Buttonquail
T. suscitator	Barred Buttonquail
T. nigricollis	Madagascar Buttonquail
T. melanogaster	Black-breasted Buttonquail
T. castanotus	Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
T. olivii	Buff-breasted Buttonquail
T. varius	Painted Buttonquail
T. novaecaledoniae	New Caledonian Buttonquail
T. worcesteri	Worcester's Buttonquail
T. everetti	Sumba Buttonquail
T. pyrrhothorax	Red-chested Buttonquail
T. velox	Little Buttonquail