Painted buttonquail

Painted buttonquail
Adult male painted buttonquail; mainland subspecies
Adult female painted buttonquail; mainland subspecies
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species:
T. varius
Binomial name
Turnix varius
(Latham, 1801)
Distribution of the painted button quail
Synonyms
  • Turnix varia (Latham, 1801) (lapsus)
  • Turnix novaecaledoniae

The painted buttonquail (Turnix varius) is a species of buttonquail, the family Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. This species is resident in Australia where numbers are believed to be in decline. A subspecies, the Abrolhos painted buttonquail (Turnix varius scintillans), is endemic to the Houtman Abrolhos islands.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Turnix varius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T62288672A95193778. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T62288672A95193778.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.