Species profile
Common Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
Quick answer
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- Scientific name
- Turnix sylvaticus
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Turnix
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Common Buttonquail in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Turnicidae
- Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
- Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster)
- Black-rumped Buttonquail (Turnix nanus)
- Buff-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix olivii)
- Cerestenia pulchrapenna (Cerestenia pulchrapenna)
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus)
- Fynbos Buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus)
- Hyptiopus caffer (Hyptiopus caffer)