Little Buttonquail Turnix velox Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 12, 2016
Text last updated February 12, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | guatlla petita |
| Czech | perepel australský |
| Dutch | Kleine Vechtkwartel |
| English | Little Buttonquail |
| English (United States) | Little Buttonquail |
| French | Petit Turnix |
| French (France) | Petit Turnix |
| German | Zwerglaufhühnchen |
| Japanese | マメミフウズラ |
| Norwegian | vandrespringvaktel |
| Polish | przepiórnik karłowaty |
| Russian | Австралийская трёхперстка |
| Serbian | Mala prepeličica |
| Slovak | prepeľovec trpasličí |
| Spanish | Torillo Veloz |
| Spanish (Spain) | Torillo veloz |
| Swedish | mindre springhöna |
| Turkish | Avustralya Bıldırcınyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Триперстка мала |
Turnix velox (Gould, 1841)
PROTONYM:
Hemipodius velox
Gould, 1841. The birds of Australia pt2, pl.14.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Yarrundi, upper Hunter River, New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TURNIX
- velox
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Buttonquail
