Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Turnicae see Order Turniciformes Huxley, 1868
         Order Turniciformes Huxley, 1868
           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 nana (Sundevall, 1851) - black-rumped buttonquail see Turnix hottentottus nanus (Sundevall, 1850)
               04 Turnix hottentotta Temminck, 1815 - Hottentot buttonquail see Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815
               05 Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 - yellow-legged buttonquail
               06 Turnix ocellata (Scopoli, 1786) - spotted buttonquail see Turnix ocellatus (Scopoli, 1786)
               07 Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) - barred buttonquail
               08 Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin, 1789) - Madagascar buttonquail
               09 Turnix melanogaster (Gould, 1837) - black-breasted buttonquail
               10 Turnix castanota (Gould, 1840) - chestnut-backed buttonquail see Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840)
               11 Turnix olivii Robinson, 1900 - buff-breasted buttonquail
               12 Turnix varia (Latham, 1801) - painted buttonquail see Turnix varius (Latham, 1802)
               13 Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904 - Worcester's buttonquail
               14 Turnix everetti Hartert, 1898 - Sumba buttonquail
               15 Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould, 1841) - red-chested buttonquail
               16 Turnix velox (Gould, 1841) - little buttonquail