Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
           Family Turnicidae Gray, 1840 - buttonquails
             Genus Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791
               01 Turnix sylvatica (Desfontaines, 1787) - small buttonquail see Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789)
               02 Turnix maculosa (Temminck, 1815) - red-backed buttonquail see Turnix maculosus (Temminck, 1815)
               03 Turnix hottentotta Temminck, 1815 - Hottentot buttonquail see Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815
               04 Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 - yellow-legged buttonquail
               05 Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) - barred buttonquail
               06 Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin, 1789) - Madagascar buttonquail
               07 Turnix ocellata (Scopoli, 1786) - spotted buttonquail see Turnix ocellatus (Scopoli, 1786)
               08 Turnix melanogaster (Gould, 1837) - black-breasted buttonquail
               09 Turnix varia (Latham, 1801) - painted buttonquail see Turnix varius (Latham, 1802)
               10 Turnix olivei see Turnix olivii Robinson, 1900
               11 Turnix castanota (Gould, 1840) - chestnut-backed buttonquail see Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840)
               12 Turnix everetti Hartert, 1898 - Sumba buttonquail
               13 Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904 - Worcester's buttonquail
               14 Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould, 1841) - red-chested buttonquail
               15 Turnix velox (Gould, 1841) - little buttonquail