Turnicidés

Family : Turnicidae

2 genus and 18 species.

Classification :

Systematics

English name	Scientific name	Common name
Yellow-legged Buttonquail	Turnix tanki	Turnix indien
Red-backed Buttonquail	Turnix maculosus	Turnix moucheté
Barred Buttonquail	Turnix suscitator	Turnix combattant
Spotted Buttonquail	Turnix ocellatus	Turnix de Luçon
Common Buttonquail	Turnix sylvaticus	Turnix mugissant
Little Buttonquail	Turnix velox	Petit Turnix
Red-chested Buttonquail	Turnix pyrrhothorax	Turnix à poitrine rousse
Luzon Buttonquail	Turnix worcesteri	Turnix de Worcester
Sumba Buttonquail	Turnix everetti	Turnix de Sumba
Black-rumped Buttonquail	Turnix nanus	Turnix nain
Fynbos Buttonquail	Turnix hottentottus	Turnix hottentot
Chestnut-backed Buttonquail	Turnix castanotus	Turnix castanote
Buff-breasted Buttonquail	Turnix olivii	Turnix de Robinson
Painted Buttonquail	Turnix varius	Turnix bariolé
New Caledonian Buttonquail	Turnix novaecaledoniae	Turnix calédonien
Black-breasted Buttonquail	Turnix melanogaster	Turnix à poitrine noire
Madagascar Buttonquail	Turnix nigricollis	Turnix de Madagascar
Quail-plover	Ortyxelos meiffrenii	Turnix à ailes blanches

Sources : Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18. IOC World Bird List (v14.2) doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2.
Avibase (ioc v14.2), the world bird database - Lepage, D. 2024-12-20. © 1996-2025 Oiseaux.net