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 hottentotta Temminck, 1815 - Hottentot buttonquail see Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815