Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
         ?Family Turnicidae Gray, 1840 - buttonquails
           Genus Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791
             01 Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1789)
             02 Turnix maculosus (Temminck, 1815)
             03 Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815
             04 Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 - yellow-legged buttonquail
             05 Turnix ocellatus (Scopoli, 1786)
             06 Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) - barred buttonquail
             07 Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin, 1789) - Madagascar buttonquail
             08 Turnix melanogaster (Gould, 1837) - black-breasted buttonquail
             09 Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840)
             10 Turnix olivii Robinson, 1900 - buff-breasted buttonquail
             11 Turnix varius (Latham, 1802)
             12 Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904 - Worcester's buttonquail
             13 Turnix everetti Hartert, 1898 - Sumba buttonquail
             14 Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould, 1841) - red-chested buttonquail
             15 Turnix velox (Gould, 1841) - little buttonquail