Common Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus(Desfontaines, RL, 1789)
English (US) Common Buttonquail
The Common Buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Turnix sylvaticus
- Family
- Turnicidae (Buttonquail)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Common Buttonquail
- Described by
- (Desfontaines, RL, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus
- Turnix sylvaticus lepurana
- Turnix sylvaticus dussumier
- Turnix sylvaticus davidi
- Turnix sylvaticus bartelsorum
- Turnix sylvaticus whiteheadi
- Turnix sylvaticus celestinoi
- Turnix sylvaticus nigrorum
- Turnix sylvaticus suluensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao sylvaticus
- Described by
- (Desfontaines, RL, 1789)
- Type locality
- Near Algiers.
- Original description
- Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. Avec les Mémoires de Mathématique & de Physique (1787) p.500 pl.13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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