Buff-breasted buttonquail

Buff-breasted buttonquail
Turnix olivii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species:
T. olivii
Binomial name
Turnix olivii
Robinson, 1900

The buff-breasted buttonquail (Turnix olivii) is the largest and possibly the rarest of the buttonquail. This species is endemic to Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Turnix olivii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22680572A210960314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T22680572A210960314.en. Retrieved 23 July 2022.