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