Painted Buttonquail
Turnix varius(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Painted Buttonquail
The Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius) 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 varius
- Family
- Turnicidae (Buttonquail)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Painted Buttonquail
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Turnix varius scintillans
- Turnix varius varius
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Perdix varia
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- Sydney, New South Wales.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.lxiii
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Sumba Buttonquail
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Black-rumped Buttonquail
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Fynbos Buttonquail
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Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
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Buff-breasted Buttonquail
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New Caledonian Buttonquail
Turnix novaecaledoniae
Black-breasted Buttonquail
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Madagascar Buttonquail
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