Fynbos Buttonquail

Turnix hottentottus - Turnix hottentot

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Turnicidés

  • Genus
    :

    Turnix

  • Species
    :

    hottentottus

Descriptor

Temminck, 1815

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Fynbos Buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Turnix hottentot,
  • Torillo hotentote,
  • toirão-do-finbos,
  • Kaplaufhühnchen,
  • hottentotta guvatfürj,
  • Hottentotvechtkwartel,
  • Quaglia tridattila ottentotta,
  • kapspringhöna,
  • Svartgumpspringvaktel,
  • prepeľovec kapský,
  • perepel hottentotský,
  • Hottentotløbehøne,
  • afrikanpyyjuoksija,
  • Kaapse Kwarteltjie,
  • guatlla pintada hotentot,
  • przepiórnik hotentocki,
  • Капская трёхпёрстка,
  • フィンボスミフウズラ,
  • 非洲三趾鹑,
  • 南非三趾鶉,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Savanna : Dry, Moist ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 31-03-2006
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