Madagascar Buttonquail
Turnix nigricollis(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Madagascar Buttonquail
The Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Turnicidae (Buttonquail) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: Madagascar; introduced (?) Mauritius, Réunion, and GlorieusesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turnix nigricollis
- Family
- Turnicidae (Buttonquail)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Madagascar Buttonquail
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao nigricollis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.767
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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