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Small Buttonquail (sylvaticus)

Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus (Desfontaines, RL 1789)

Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Turnicidae
Genus:
   Turnix
Scientific:
  Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus


Original description

Citation:
  (Desfontaines, RL 1789)

Reference:
   Hist. Acad. R. Sci. Paris Mém. Math. Phys. (1787) p.500 pl.13

Protonym:
  Tetrao sylvaticus

Type locality:
  Near Algiers.


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  91F461E5F4548625

Avibase ID:
  avibase-91F461E5

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/91F461E5


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 678975

Geographic range:

  • Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus: southern Iberian Peninsula, northern Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
English:
Small Buttonquail (sylvaticus)
French:
Turnix d'Andalousie (sylvaticus)


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Small Buttonquail (sylvaticus) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Small Buttonquail (sylvaticus) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Small Buttonquail (sylvaticus) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean) ( Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
Turnix sylvatica sylvatica [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Turnix sylvatica sylvatica [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Turnix sylvatica sylvatica [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Turnix sylvatica sylvatica [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Turnix sylvatica sylvatica [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Turnix sylvaticus

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German: Laufhühnchen-sylvatica
English: Mediterranean Small Buttonquail, Mediterranean Small Buttonquail (nominate), Small Buttonquail (Mediterranean), Small Buttonquail (sylvaticus)
French: Turnix d'Andalousie (nominal), Turnix d'Andalousie (nominale), Turnix d'Andalousie (race nominale), Turnix d'Andalousie (sylvaticus)
Scientific: Hemipodius lunatus, Hemipodius tachydromus, Tetrao sylvaticus, Turnix sylvatica sylvatica, Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus

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