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Red-chested Buttonquail

Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould, J 1841)

The red-chested buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia. The species is generally regarded as widespread, although uncommon, in New South Wales, Queensland, northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory, and classified as Vulnerable in Victoria. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Gould, J 1841)

Reference:
   Birds Austral. [Gould] pt2 pl.15,text

Protonym:
  Hemipodius pyrrhothorax

Type locality:
  Aberdeen, upper Hunter River, New South Wales.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48401275


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E58A7C971E68BA36

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E58A7C97

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E58A7C97


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176161

Geographic range:

  • Turnix pyrrhothorax: savanna and scrub of northern and eastern Australia
English:
Red-chested Buttonquail
Catalan:
Guatlla pintada pit-roja
Czech:
perepel rezavoprsý
Danish:
Rødbrystet Løbehøne
German:
Rotbrust-Laufhühnchen
Spanish:
Torillo Pechirrufo
Spanish (Spain):
Torillo Pechirrufo
Finnish:
ruostepyyjuoksija
French:
Turnix à poitrine rousse
Croatian:
crvenoprsa trkuša
Hungarian:
vörösmellű guvatfürj
Italian:
Quaglia tridattila pettorosso
Japanese (romaji):
muneakamifuuzura
Japanese:
ムネアカミフウズラ
Lithuanian:
Raudonkrūtė tripirštė
Dutch:
Roodborstvechtkwartel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudbrystspringvaktel
Norwegian:
Rødbrystspringvaktel
Polish:
przepiórnik rdzawopierśny
Portuguese:
Toirão-de-peito-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal):
toirão-de-peito-ruivo
Russian:
Красногрудая трёхперстка
Slovak:
prepeľovec hrdzavoprsý
Serbian:
Crvenogruda prepeličica
Swedish:
rödbröstad springhöna
Ukrainian:
Триперстка рудовола
Chinese:
红胸三趾鹑
Chinese (Traditional):
紅胸三趾鶉


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

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

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: রারফুক নাটাফমটয
Bengali (transliteration): lālabuka nāṭābaṭēra*
Catalan: Guatlla pintada pit-roja
Czech: Perepel plavohrdlý, perepel rezavoprsý
Danish: Rødbrystet Løbehøne
German: Rotbrustlaufhühnchen, Rotbrust-Laufhühnchen
English: Chestnut-breasted Quail, Red chested Buttonquail, Red-breasted Quail, Red-chested Button Quail, Red-chested Buttonquail, Red-chested Button-Quail, Red-chested Quail, Yellow Quail
English, HBW: Red-chested Buttonquail
English (IOC): Red-chested Buttonquail
English (United States): Red-chested Buttonquail
Esperanto: Ruĝbrusta turnico
Spanish: Torillo de Pecho Rojo, Torillo Pechirrufo, Torillo Pechirufo, Tortillo de pecho rojo
Spanish (Spain): Torillo Pechirrufo
Spanish (HBW): Red-chested Buttonquail
Estonian: roostepugu-ledik
Finnish: Ruostepyyjuoksija
French: Turnix à poitrine rouge, Turnix à poitrine rousse
Croatian: crvenoprsa trkuša
Hungarian: vörösmellű guvatfürj
Italian: Quaglia tridattila pettorosso
Japanese (romaji): muneakamifuuzura
Japanese: ムネアカミフウズラ
Kirghiz: кызыл төш үч шады
Scientific: Hemipodius pyrrhothorax, Turnix pyrrhothorax, Turnix pyrrhothorax pyrrhothorax
Lithuanian: Raudonkrūtė tripirštė
Dutch: Roodborstvechtkwartel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudbrystspringvaktel
Norwegian: Rødbrystspringvaktel
Polish: przepiórnik rdzawopiersny, przepiórnik rdzawopierśny
Portuguese: Toirão-de-peito-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal): toirão-de-peito-ruivo
Russian: Красногрудая трёхперстка, Красногрудая трёхпёрстка
Slovak: prepeľovec hrdzavoprsý
Serbian: Crvenogruda prepeličica
Swedish: Rödbröstad springhöna
Turkish: Kızıl Göğüslü Bıldırcınyelvesi
Ukrainian: Триперстка рудовола
Chinese: 红胸三趾鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 紅胸三趾鶉

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