Common Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789)
Turnicidae — Buttonquail
Common Buttonquail, Turnix sylvaticus, is a buttonquail in the family Turnicidae within the order Charadriiformes. It occurs widely across the Palearctic, Africa and the Oriental Region. The species was described by Desfontaines in 1789.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Turnicidae — Buttonquail
- Breeding range
- Palearctic, Africa, Oriental Region: widespread
