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
               Turnix varia (Latham, 1801) - painted buttonquail see Turnix varius (Latham, 1802)
                 1 Turnix varia variaᵀ (Latham, 1801) - painted buttonquail see Turnix varius varius (Latham, 1802)
                 2 Turnix varia novaecaledoniae - New Caledonian buttonquail see Turnix varius novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1893