Turnicidae

The turnix are terrestrial birds of small size (from 10 to 23 cm), dodus, resembling Caille S, short legs deprived of inch, and rudimentary tail.
They live in Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia, where one finds them from the grassy zones to the forests, of the sea level up to 2.500 m of altitude.

Alphabetical list of the kinds

Old-fashioned Ortyxelos , 1825
Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791

List species

Turnix of Andalusia - Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789) - Common Buttonquail
Turnix moucheté - Turnix maculosus (Temminck, 1815) - Red-backed Buttonquail
Turnix hottentot - Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815 - Black-rumped Buttonquail
Indian Turnix - Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 - Yellow-legged Buttonquail
Turnix de Luçon - Turnix ocellatus (Scopoli, 1786) - Spotted Buttonquail
Turnix combatant - Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) - Barred Buttonquail
Turnix of Madagascar - Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin, 1789) - Madagascar Buttonquail
Turnix with black chest - Turnix melanogaster (Gould, 1837) - Black-breasted Buttonquail
Turnix castanote - Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840) - Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
Turnix of Robinson - Turnix olivii Robinson, 1900 - Buff-breasted Buttonquail
multi-coloured Turnix - Turnix varius (Latham, 1802) - Painted Buttonquail
Turnix de Worcester - Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904 - Worcester' S Buttonquail
Turnix de Sumba - Turnix everetti Hartert, 1898 - Sumba Buttonquail
Turnix with russet-red chest - Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould, 1841) - Red-chested Buttonquail
Small Turnix - Turnix velox (Gould, 1841) - Australian Little Buttonquail
Turnix with white wings - Ortyxelos meiffrenii (Old-fashioned, 1819) - Lark Buttonquail

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