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Painted Buttonquail
Turnix varius (Latham, J 1801)
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. Source: Wikipedia
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Charadriiformes
Family:
Turnicidae
Genus:
Turnix
Scientific:
Turnix varius
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Turnicidae
Genus:
Turnix
Scientific:
Turnix varius
Original description
Citation:
(Latham, J 1801)
Reference:
Suppl. Indicis Orn.
Protonym:
Perdix varia
Type locality:
Sydney, New South Wales.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/313412#page/69/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
53E15B4C0DB832A3
Avibase ID:
avibase-53E15B4C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/53E15B4C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 678967
Geographic range:
- Turnix varius: wooded scrub and tussocky areas in lowlands and hills of southwestern Australia including Houtman Abrolhos Islands (off southwest); and southeastern and eastern Australia including Tasmania and islands in Bass Strait
- Turnix varius varius: southwestern, eastern, and southeastern Australia including Tasmania
- Turnix varius scintillans: Houtman Abrolhos Islands (off southwestern Australia)
Source: Clements checklist
Painted Buttonquail
Catalan:
Guatlla pintada ullroja
Czech:
perepel rudooký
Danish:
Rødøjet Løbehøne
German:
Buntlaufhühnchen
Spanish:
Torillo pintojo
Finnish:
pensaikkopyyjuoksija
French:
Turnix bariolé
Croatian:
velika trkuša
Hungarian:
tarka guvatfürj
Italian:
Quaglia tridattila pittata
Japanese (romaji):
sasafumifuuzura
Japanese:
ササフミフウズラ
Lithuanian:
puošnioji tripirštė
Dutch:
Bonte Vechtkwartel
Norwegian:
Rødøyespringvaktel
Polish:
przepiórnik śniady
Portuguese:
toirão-colorido
Portuguese (Portugal):
toirão-colorido
Russian:
Расписная трёхпёрстка
Slovak:
prepeľovec maľovaný
Serbian:
Šarena prepeličica
Swedish:
brokspringhöna
Ukrainian:
триперстка червоноока
Chinese:
彩三趾鹑
Chinese (Traditional):
花彩三趾鶉
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Painted Buttonquail [nominate group] ( Turnix varius [varius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Painted Buttonquail [nominate group] ( Turnix varius [varius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Painted Buttonquail [nominate group] ( Turnix varius [varius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Painted Buttonquail [nominate group] ( Turnix varius [varius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Painted Buttonquail [nominate group] ( Turnix varius [varius]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Painted Buttonquail [nominate] ( Turnix varius [varius or scintillans]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Painted Buttonquail [nominate] ( Turnix varius [varius or scintillans]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Painted Buttonquail [nominate] ( Turnix varius [varius or scintillans]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Painted Buttonquail (Painted) ( Turnix varius varius/scintillans) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Painted Buttonquail (Painted) ( Turnix varius varius/scintillans) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Painted Buttonquail (Painted) ( Turnix varius varius/scintillans) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Painted Buttonquail (Painted) ( Turnix varius varius/scintillans) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Painted Buttonquail ( Turnix varius) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Turnix [varius or novaecaledoniae]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Guatlla pintada ullroja
Czech: perepel rudooký
Danish: Rødøjet Løbehøne
German: Buntlaufhühnchen, Buntlaufhühnchen (varius/scintillans)
English: Painted Buttonquail, Painted Buttonquail (nominate group), Painted Buttonquail (Painted), Painted Buttonquail [nominate group], Painted Buttonquail [nominate], Painted Buttonquail [varius]
English, HBW: Painted Buttonquail
English (IOC): Painted Buttonquail, Painted Buttonquail (Painted)
English (United States): Painted Buttonquail (Painted)
Esperanto: Buntoturnico
Spanish: Torillo Pintojo, Torillo Pintojo (varius/scintillans)
Spanish (Spain): Torillo pintojo (varius/scintillans)
Estonian: suurledik
Finnish: pensaikkopyyjuoksija
French: Turnix bariolé, Turnix bariolé [nominal], Turnix bariolé [varius ou scintillans]
Croatian: velika trkuša
Hungarian: tarka guvatfürj
Icelandic: Snúðfætla (varius/scintillans)
Italian: Quaglia tridattila pittata, Quaglia tridattila varia
Japanese (romaji): sasafumifuuzura, sasafumifuuzura (varius/scintillans)
Japanese: ササフミフウズラ, ササフミフウズラ (varius/scintillans), ササフミフウズラ（varius／scintillans）, ササミフウズラ
Scientific: Perdix varia, Turnix varia, Turnix varius, Turnix varius [varius or scintillans], Turnix varius [varius], Turnix varius varius, Turnix varius varius/scintillans
Lithuanian: puošnioji tripirštė
Dutch: Bonte Vechtkwartel
Norwegian: Rødøyespringvaktel, rødøyespringvaktel (varius/scintillans)
Polish: przepiórnik sniady, przepiórnik śniady, przepiórnik śniady (varius/scintillans)
Portuguese: toirão-colorido
Portuguese (Portugal): toirão-colorido, toirão-colorido (varius/scintillans)
Russian: Расписная трехперстка, Расписная трёхперстка, Расписная трёхпёрстка, Расписная трёхперстка (varius/scintillans)
Slovak: prepelovec malovaný, prepeľovec maľovaný, prepeľovec maľovaný (skup.)
Serbian: Šarena prepeličica, Šarena prepeličica (australijska)
Swedish: Brokspringhöna, brokspringhöna (varius/scintillans)
Turkish: Boyalı Bıldırcınyelvesi, Boyalı bıldırcınyelvesi (varius/scintillans)
Ukrainian: триперстка червоноока
Chinese: 彩三趾鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 花彩三趾鶉
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