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Turnicidae (buttonquail)
Taxonomy
Turnicidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.
It was assigned to Aves by Olson (1985); to Galliformes by Carroll (1988); to Gruiformes by Baird (1992); to Turniciformes by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Mayr and Knopf (2007), Clements et al. (2017) and De Pietri et al. (2022); and to Lari by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Aves by Olson (1985); to Galliformes by Carroll (1988); to Gruiformes by Baird (1992); to Turniciformes by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Mayr and Knopf (2007), Clements et al. (2017) and De Pietri et al. (2022); and to Lari by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Turnicidae Gray |
| 1985 | Turnicidae Olson |
| 1988 | Turnicidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Turnicidae Baird p. 26 |
| 2000 | Turnipacidae Mayr p. 626 |
| 2005 | Turnipacidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Turnicidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2007 | Turnicidae Mayr and Knopf |
| 2014 | Turnicidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Turnicidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Turnicidae De Pietri et al. p. 237 |
| 2022 | Turnicidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Turnicidae Gray 1840 [buttonquail]
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G. †Turnipax Mayr 2000
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†Turnipax dissipata Mayr 2000
†Turnipax oechslerorum Mayr and Knopf 2007
G. Turnix Bonnaterre 1791 [buttonquail]
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Turnix maculosus Temminck 1815 [red-backed buttonquail]
Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 [Madgascar buttonquail]
Turnix suscitator Gmelin 1789 [barred buttonquail]
Turnix sylvaticus Desfontaines 1789 [small buttonquail]
Turnix varius Lathum 1802 [painted buttonquail]
Turnix velox Gould 1841 [little buttonquail]
Invalid names: Hemipodius Temminck 1815 [synonym]
Invalid names: Turnipacidae Mayr 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available