Species profile
Madagascan Buttonquail
Turnix nigricollis
Quick answer
Madagascar; introduced (?) Mauritius, Réunion and Glorieuses
- Scientific name
- Turnix nigricollis
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Turnix
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Madagascan Buttonquail in your journal
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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)
- Common Buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
- Fynbos Buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus)