Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (43)
- Subspecies (9)
Stephen Debus and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 14, 2016
Text last updated February 14, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bosveldkwarteltjie |
| Asturian | Turniz comñn |
| Bulgarian | Африканска трипръстка |
| Catalan | guatlla pintada andalusa |
| Chinese | 林三趾鶉 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 林三趾鹑 |
| Croatian | bjelogrla trkuša |
| Czech | perepel malý |
| Danish | Europæisk Løbehøne |
| Dutch | Gestreepte Vechtkwartel |
| English | Small Buttonquail |
| English (Kenya) | Common Buttonquail |
| English (South Africa) | Common (Kurrichane) Buttonquail |
| English (United States) | Small Buttonquail |
| French | Turnix d'Andalousie |
| French (France) | Turnix d'Andalousie |
| Galician | Tourón do mato |
| German | Laufhühnchen |
| Greek | Ψευτόρτυγας |
| Hebrew | טורניקס השיחים |
| Hungarian | Guvatfürj |
| Icelandic | Tindilfætla |
| Indonesian | Gemak tegalan |
| Italian | Quaglia tridattila |
| Japanese | ヒメミフウズラ |
| Lithuanian | Miškinė tripirštė |
| Norwegian | springvaktel |
| Persian | بلدرچین بوته ای |
| Polish | przepiórnik |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Toirão-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Toirão |
| Romanian | Cristel de tufiș |
| Russian | Малая трёхперстка |
| Serbian | Prepeličica |
| Slovak | prepeľovec krovinový |
| Slovenian | Tekačica |
| Spanish | Torillo Andaluz |
| Spanish (Spain) | Torillo andaluz |
| Swedish | springhöna |
| Thai | นกคุ่มอืดเล็ก |
| Turkish | Endelüs Bıldırcınyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Триперстка африканська |
| Zulu | ungolwane |
Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao sylvaticus
Desfontaines, 1789. Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. Avec les Mémoires de Mathématique & de Physique -1787, p.500 pl.13.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Near Algiers.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TURNIX
- sylvaticus
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 Small Buttonquail
