Painted Buttonquail
Turnix varius
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The painted buttonquail 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, is endemic to the Houtman Abrolhos islands.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Genus
- Turnix