Madagascan buttonquail

Madagascan buttonquail
At Isola Park, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species: T. nigricollis
Binomial name
Turnix nigricollis
(Gmelin, 1789)

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

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