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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Turniciformes (buttonquail)-
Family Turnicidae (buttonquail)
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Genus Turnix (buttonquail)
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Species Turnix castanotus (chestnut-backed buttonquail)
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Species Turnix everetti (Sumba buttonquail)
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Species Turnix hottentottus (black-rumped buttonquail)
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Species Turnix maculosus (red-backed buttonquail)
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Species Turnix melanogaster (black-breasted buttonquail)
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Species Turnix nigricollis (Madagascan buttonquail)
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Species Turnix ocellatus (spotted buttonquail)
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Species Turnix olivii (buff-breasted buttonquail)
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Species Turnix pyrrhothorax (red-chested buttonquail)
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Species Turnix suscitator (barred buttonquail)
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Species Turnix sylvaticus (common buttonquail)
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Species Turnix tanki (yellow-legged buttonquail)
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Species Turnix varius (painted buttonquail)
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Species Turnix velox (little buttonquail)
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Species Turnix worcesteri (Worcester's buttonquail)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
