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Black-breasted Buttonquail

Turnix melanogaster (Gould, J 1837)

The black-breasted buttonquail, also spelt button quail and also known as black-fronted buttonquail the and mur'rindum bird, is a rare buttonquail endemic to eastern Australia, where it is usually found in rainforest. Like other buttonquails, it is unrelated to the true quails. The black-breasted buttonquail is a plump quail-shaped bird of predominantly marbled black, rufous and pale brown, marked prominently with white spots and stripes, and white eyes. Like other buttonquails, the female is larger and more distinctively coloured than the male. Measuring up to 20 cm (8 in), it has a black face and chin, sprinkled with fine white markings. The smaller male measures up to 18 cm (7.1 in) and lacks the black markings. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Gould, J 1837)

Reference:
   Birds Austral. Adj. Isl. pt2 pl.31 fig.2

Protonym:
  Hemipodius melanogaster

Type locality:
  New South Wales = Moreton Bay, Sydney, apud Mathews.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47441602

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  DE127941C7D2D66D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-DE127941

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/DE127941

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176157


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Turnix melanogaster: coastal eastern Australia (southeastern Queensland and northern New South Wales)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-breasted Buttonquail
Catalan:
Guatlla pintada pitnegra
Czech:
perepel queenslandský
Danish:
Sortbrystet Løbehøne
German:
Schwarzbrust-Laufhühnchen
Spanish:
Torillo Pechinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Torillo Pechinegro
Finnish:
viidakkopyyjuoksija
French:
Turnix à poitrine noire
Croatian:
pjegava trkuša
Hungarian:
feketebegyű guvatfürj
Italian:
Quaglia tridattila pettonero
Japanese (romaji):
munaguromifuuzura
Japanese:
ムナグロミフウズラ
Lithuanian:
Juodakrūtė tripirštė
Dutch:
Zwartborstvechtkwartel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svartbrystspringvaktel
Norwegian:
Svartbrystspringvaktel
Polish:
przepiórnik czarnopierśny
Portuguese:
Toirão-de-peito-preto
Portuguese (Portugal):
toirão-de-peito-preto
Russian:
Черногрудая трёхперстка
Slovak:
prepeľovec čiernoprsý
Serbian:
Crnogruda prepeličica
Swedish:
svartbröstad springhöna
Ukrainian:
Триперстка чорновола
Chinese:
黑胸三趾鹑
Chinese (Traditional):
黑胸三趾鶉

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Black-breasted Button-quail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Turnix à poitrine noire ( Turnix melanogaster)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Turnix à poitrine noire ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 1st edition:
Black-breasted Quail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2021:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2022:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2023:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2024:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-breasted Button Quail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 4th edition:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2015:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2016:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2017:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2018:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Clements, version 2019:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 1.50:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 1.52:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 1.53:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 1.54:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 1.55:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2015:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2016:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2017:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2018:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2019:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2021:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2022:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2023:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
eBird version 2024:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-breasted Button-Quail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-breasted Button-Quail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-breasted Button-quail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Turnix melanogaster
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Turnix melanogaster
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Turnix melanogaster
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-breasted Buttonquail ( Turnix melanogaster)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Turnix melanogaster
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Turnix melanogaster

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: কামরাফুক নাটাফমটয
Bengali (transliteration): kālōbuka nāṭābaṭēra*
Catalan: Guatlla pintada pitnegra
Czech: Perepel cernobrichý, perepel queenslandský
Danish: Sortbrystet Løbehøne
German: Schwarzbrustlaufhühnchen, Schwarzbrust-Laufhühnchen
English: Black breasted Buttonquail, Black-breasted Button Quail, Black-breasted Buttonquail, Black-breasted Button-Quail, Black-breasted hemipode, Black-breasted Quail
English, HBW: Black-breasted Buttonquail
English (IOC): Black-breasted Buttonquail
English (United States): Black-breasted Buttonquail
Esperanto: Nigrabrusta turnico
Spanish: Torillo de Pecho Negro, Torillo Pechinegro, Torillo Pecjinegro, Tortillo de pecho negro
Spanish (Spain): Torillo Pechinegro
Spanish (HBW): Black-breasted Buttonquail
Estonian: metsledik
Finnish: Viidakkopyyjuoksija
French: Turnix à poitrine noire
Croatian: pjegava trkuša
Hungarian: feketebegyű guvatfürj
Italian: Quaglia tridattila pettonero
Japanese (romaji): munaguromifuuzura
Japanese: ムナグロミフウズラ
Kirghiz: кара төш үч шады
Scientific: Colcloughia melanogaster goweri, Hemipodius melanogaster, Turnix melanogaster
Lithuanian: Juodakrūtė tripirštė
Dutch: Zwartborstvechtkwartel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svartbrystspringvaktel
Norwegian: Svartbrystspringvaktel
Polish: przepiórnik czarnopiersny, przepiórnik czarnopierśny
Portuguese: Toirão-de-peito-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): toirão-de-peito-preto
Russian: Черногрудая трёхперстка, Черногрудая трёхпёрстка
Slovak: prepeľovec čiernoprsý
Serbian: Crnogruda prepeličica
Swedish: Svartbröstad springhöna
Turkish: Kara göğüslü bıldırcınyelvesi, Karagöğüslü Bıldırcınyelvesi
Ukrainian: Триперстка чорновола
Chinese: 黑胸三趾鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 黑胸三趾鶉

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