Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis 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 June 2, 2016
Text last updated June 2, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | guatlla pintada de Madagascar |
| Czech | perepel madagaskarský |
| Dutch | Madagaskarvechtkwartel |
| English | Madagascar Buttonquail |
| English (United States) | Madagascar Buttonquail |
| French | Turnix de Madagascar |
| French (France) | Turnix de Madagascar |
| German | Schwarzkehl-Laufhühnchen |
| Japanese | マダガスカルミフウズラ |
| Norwegian | madagaskarspringvaktel |
| Polish | przepiórnik czarnogardły |
| Russian | Мадагаскарская трёхперстка |
| Serbian | Madagaskarska prepeličica |
| Slovak | prepeľovec madagaskarský |
| Spanish | Torillo Malgache |
| Spanish (Spain) | Torillo malgache |
| Swedish | madagaskarspringhöna |
| Turkish | Kara Boğazlı Bıldırcınyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Триперстка мадагаскарська |
Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao nigricollis
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.767.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Madagascar.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TURNIX
- nigricollis
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 Madagascar Buttonquail
