Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius)

About Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Shorebirds and Allies
• Family: 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.

Source: Wikipedia