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Buttonquail
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Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of ground birds, Turnicidae, in the order Charadriiformes. Despite their name and resemblance, they bear absolutely no taxonomic relationship to Old World quail of the tribe Coturnicini under the order Galliformes, especially smaller species like the king quail (erroneously called "button quail").
Buttonquails, also called hemipodes, are small ground birds belonging to the family Turnicidae that are often mistaken for true quail due to their similar appearance. Despite their misleading common name, they are not actually related to Old World quail and belong to a different taxonomic order, making them a distinctly separate group of birds that scientists classify quite differently from what the name suggests.
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Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of ground birds, Turnicidae, in the order Charadriiformes. Despite their name and resemblance, they bear absolutely no taxonomic relationship to Old World quail of the tribe Coturnicini under the order Galliformes, especially smaller species like the king quail (erroneously called "button quail").
There are 18 species in two genera, with most species placed in the genus Turnix and a single species in the genus Ortyxelos. They inhabit warm, tropical grasslands of Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and New Guinea.
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