Turnicidés

Family : Turnicidae

2 genus and 18 species.

Classification :

Alphabetical

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

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