Monday, April 22, 2013

>Turnix nigricollis (Madagascar Buttonquail)

Madagascar Buttonquail



Madagascar Buttonquail
At San Diego Zoo
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Turnicidae
Genus:Turnix
Species:T. nigricollis
Binomial name
Turnix nigricollis
(Gmelin, 1789)

Ambola, Madagascar
The Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis) is a species of bird in the buttonquail family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

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