Turnix Bonnaterre 1791 (buttonquail)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
Synonym: Hemipodius Temminck 1815
Parent taxon: Turnicidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, Burney et al. 2008, Carroll 1988 and Meijer et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ortyxelos, Turnipax, Cerestenia
Subtaxa: Turnix maculosus Turnix nigricollis Turnix suscitator Turnix sylvaticus Turnix varius Turnix velox
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), East Timor (2), Egypt (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (1), Madagascar (3), Mauritius (1), New Caledonia (7)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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