Buttonquail

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.

Espécies desta família

• quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
• chestnut-backed buttonquail Turnix castanotus
• sumba buttonquail Turnix everetti
• fynbos buttonquail Turnix hottentottus
• toirão-malhado Turnix maculosus
• black-breasted buttonquail Turnix melanogaster
• black-rumped buttonquail Turnix nanus
• madagascar buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
• spotted buttonquail Turnix ocellatus
• red-chested buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax
• barred buttonquail Turnix suscitator
• toirão Turnix sylvaticus
• yellow-legged buttonquail Turnix tanki
• painted buttonquail Turnix varius
• little buttonquail Turnix velox

Espécies parecidas comparadas

• barred buttonquail vs toirão
• black-rumped buttonquail vs fynbos buttonquail
• toirão vs black-rumped buttonquail
• toirão vs fynbos buttonquail
• yellow-legged buttonquail vs toirão