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.

Species in this family

• Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
• Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus
• Sumba Buttonquail Turnix everetti
• Fynbos Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus
• Red-backed Buttonquail 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
• Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
• Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
• Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
• Little Buttonquail Turnix velox

Lookalikes compared

• Barred Buttonquail vs Small Buttonquail
• Black-rumped Buttonquail vs Fynbos Buttonquail
• Small Buttonquail vs Black-rumped Buttonquail
• Small Buttonquail vs Fynbos Buttonquail
• Yellow-legged Buttonquail vs Small Buttonquail