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Buttonquails | Turnicidae
Vechtkwartels | Torillos
Native species 6 species
Species that occur here by nature: breeding birds, winter visitors and passage migrants. They are arranged by genus, in the sequence of the list.
Turnix 6 species
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Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
Turnix castanotus
Spinifex hummock grassland
Tropical eucalypt savanna
Rock, cliff and scree
Dry sclerophyll forest and woodland
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Red-backed Buttonquail
Turnix maculosus- Tropical eucalypt savanna
Freshwater marsh and reedbed
Cropland and orchard
Pasture and rangeland
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Black-breasted Buttonquail
Turnix melanogaster
Monsoon vine forest
Tropical rainforest
Forestry plantation- Dry sclerophyll forest and woodland
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Red-chested Buttonquail
Turnix pyrrhothorax
Mitchell grass downs- Tropical eucalypt savanna
- Cropland and orchard
- Pasture and rangeland
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Painted Buttonquail
Turnix varius- Dry sclerophyll forest and woodland
Casuarina and callitris woodland
Eastern heathland
Mulga and acacia shrubland
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Little Buttonquail
Turnix velox- Mitchell grass downs
- Spinifex hummock grassland
Chenopod shrubland- Mulga and acacia shrubland
Mallee- Cropland and orchard