Buttonquails  -  Family:  Turnicidae

Photo by Nick Lambert

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            Red-backed  Buttonquail  -  Turnix maculosus

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            Black-breasted  Buttonquail  -  Turnix melanogaster
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            Red-chested  Buttonquail  -  Turnix pyrrhothorax

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      Painted  Buttonquail  -  Turnix varius      

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            Little  Buttonquail  -  Turnix velox

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Phylum:   Chordata    (Chordates)
          > Subphylum:   Vertebrata    (Vertebrates)    
                    > Class:   Aves    (Birds)
                              > Order:   Charadriiformes    (Shorebirds  and  Allies)     
                                        > Family:   Turnicidae    (Buttonquails)  
                                                  > Genus:   Turnix   
                                                            > Species:   T. maculosus  -  Red-backed Buttonquail    
                                                            > Species:   T. melanogaster  -  Black-breasted Buttonquail  
                                                            > Species:   T. pyrrhothorax  -  Red-chested Buttonquail 
                                                            > Species:   T. varius  -  Painted Buttonquail  
                                                            > Species:   T. velox  -  Little Buttonquail 

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References  and  links:
​      Cayley, Neville W., What Bird is that?, (2011, Signature Edition), Australia’s Heritage Publishing Pty. Ltd., Sydney.
      Menkhorst, P. et al, (2017), The Australian Bird Guide, CSIRO Publishing, Clayton, Victoria.
      Pizzey, G. & Knight, F.(Illust.), (2012), The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, (9th Ed. Edited by S. Pizzey), Harper Collins Publishers, Sydney.

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Photographic  Contributions:
Lambert,  Nick.                                 L 079.
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