Famille
Buttonquail
Turnicidae
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Ordre: Charadriiformes
Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of ground birds, Turnicidae, in the order Charadriiformes. Despite their name and resemblance, they bear absolutely no taxonomic relationship to Old World quail of the tribe Coturnicini under the order Galliformes, especially smaller species like the king quail (erroneously called "button quail"). There are 18 species in two genera, with most species placed in the genus Turnix and a single species in the genus Ortyxelos.
Espèces de cette famille
- Turnix à ailes blanches Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Turnix castanote Turnix castanotus
- Turnix de Sumba Turnix everetti
- Turnix du fynbos Turnix hottentottus
- Turnix moucheté Turnix maculosus
- Turnix à poitrine noire Turnix melanogaster
- Turnix nain Turnix nanus
- Turnix de Madagascar Turnix nigricollis
- Turnix de Luçon Turnix ocellatus
- Turnix à poitrine rousse Turnix pyrrhothorax
- Turnix combattant Turnix suscitator
- Turnix d'Andalousie Turnix sylvaticus
- Turnix indien Turnix tanki
- Turnix bariolé Turnix varius
- Petit Turnix Turnix velox