Painted Buttonquail
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| Scientific name | Turnix varius |
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| Rank | Species |
| Order | Charadriiformes |
| Family | Turnicidae |
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| ID | 3110310 |
About Painted Buttonquail
The painted buttonquail is a species of buttonquail, the family Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. This species is resident in Australia where numbers are believed to be in decline. A subspecies, the Abrolhos painted buttonquail, is endemic to the Houtman Abrolhos islands.