ITIS Standard Report Page: Turnix

Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176152

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2011

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cord�s, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vert�br�s, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Charadriiformes – Shore Birds, Gulls, Alcids, Plovers, Oystercatchers, go�lands, alcid�s, Auks, hu�triers
	Family	Turnicidae – Buttonquails, Buttonquail
	Genus	Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791
		Direct Children:
	Species	Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840) – Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix everetti Hartert, 1898 – Sumba Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815 – Black-rumped Buttonquail, Hottentot Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix maculosus (Temminck, 1815) – Red-backed Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix melanogaster (Gould, 1837) – Black-breasted Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix nanus (Sundevall, 1850) – Black-rumped Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin, 1789) – Madagascan Buttonquail, Madagascar Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix ocellatus (Scopoli, 1786) – Spotted Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix olivii Robinson, 1900 – Buff-breasted Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould, 1841) – Red-chested Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) – Barred Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789) – Common Buttonquail, Kurrichane Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 – Yellow-legged Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix varius (Latham, 1802) – Painted Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix velox (Gould, 1841) – Little Buttonquail
	Species	Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904 – Worcester's Buttonquail

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Turnix

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Turnix

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.04.02, website (version 02-Apr-11)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Turnix

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Dickinson, Edward C., ed.
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition
	Page(s):	1039
	Publisher:	Princeton University Press
	Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-691-11701-2
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Turnix

Geographic Information


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