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Turnix worcesteri

(Worcester's Button-Quail)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Luzon Buttonquail, Worcester's Button-Quail, Worcester's Buttonquail

Common Names in French:

Turnix De Worcester

Common Names in German:

Worcesterlaufhühnchen

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial

Ecology:
List of Habitats :4.7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Order: Turniciformes ()
        Family: Turnicidae ()
        Genus: Turnix () - Bonnaterre 1791 Tabl.Encyc.Meth.Orn. 1 p.lxxxii,5
        Specific name: worcesteri - McGregor 1904 Bull.Philip.Mus. no.4 p.8 pl.1 fig.1
        Scientific name: - Turnix worcesteri McGregor 1904

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Jun-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Turnix

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 105 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

T. castanota · T. castanota castanota (Chestnut-Backed Button-Quail) · T. castanotus (Chestnut-Backed Button-Quail) · T. everetti (Red-Chested Buttonquail) · T. haynaldi · T. hottentota · T. hottentotta · T. hottentotta nana · T. hottentottus (Black-Rumped Buttonquail) · T. hottentottus hottentottus · T. hottentottus nanus · T. lepurana · T. maculosa · T. maculosa kinneari · T. maculosus (Black-Backed Bustardquail) · T. maculosus beccarii · T. maculosus floresianus · T. maculosus furvus · T. maculosus giluwensis · T. maculosus horsbrughi · T. maculosus kinneari · T. maculosus maculosus (Red-Backed Buttonquail) · T. maculosus mayri · T. maculosus melanotus · T. maculosus obiensis · T. maculosus salomonis · T. maculosus saturatus · T. maculosus savuensis · T. maculosus sumbanus · T. melanogaster (Black-Breasted Button-Quail) · T. nana · T. nigricollis (Madagascar Button-Quail) · T. ocellata · T. ocellata ocellata (Spotted Button-Quail) · T. ocellatus (Spotted Buttonquail) · T. ocellatus benguetensis · T. ocellatus ocellatus · T. olivii (Buff-Breasted Button-Quail) · T. powelli · T. pugnax · T. pyrrhothorax (Red-Chested Button-Quail) · T. pyrrhothorax ssp · T. rufescens · T. suscitator (Barred Buttonquail) · T. suscitator atrogularis · T. suscitator bengalensis · T. suscitator blakistoni · T. suscitator fasciata · T. suscitator fasciatus · T. suscitator haynaldi · T. suscitator interrumpens · T. suscitator kuiperi · T. suscitator leggei · T. suscitator nigrescens · T. suscitator okinavensis · T. suscitator pallescens · T. suscitator plumbipes · T. suscitator powelli · T. suscitator rostrata · T. suscitator rostratus · T. suscitator rufilatus · T. suscitator suscitator (Barred Buttonquail) · T. suscitator taigoor · T. suscitator thai · T. sylvatica · T. sylvatica alleni · T. sylvatica bartelsorum · T. sylvatica davidi · T. sylvatica dussumier · T. sylvatica kinneari · T. sylvatica lepurana · T. sylvatica sylvatica (Andalusian Buttonquail) · T. sylvatica whiteheadi · T. sylvaticus (Andalucian Hemipode) · T. sylvaticus alleni · T. sylvaticus arenarius · T. sylvaticus bartelsorum · T. sylvaticus celestinoi · T. sylvaticus davidi · T. sylvaticus dussumier (Little Bustard Quail) · T. sylvaticus lepurana (Babylonian Peregrine Falcon) · T. sylvaticus lepuranus · T. sylvaticus masaaki · T. sylvaticus mikado · T. sylvaticus nigrorum · T. sylvaticus nigrorum du · T. sylvaticus suluensis · T. sylvaticus sylvaticus (Mediterranean Small Buttonquail) · T. sylvaticus whiteheadi · T. taigoor · T. tanki (Yellow-Legged Button-Quail) · T. tanki blanfordi · T. tanki blanfordii · T. tanki tanki (Yellow-Legged Button-Quail) · T. varia · T. varia novaecaledoniae · T. varia scintillans · T. varia varia (Painted Button-Quail) · T. varius (Painted Buttonquail) · T. varius novaecaledoniae

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Further Reading

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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Notes

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Contributors

BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
BirdLife International 2004. Turnix worcesteri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854272
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-553928
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 553928
IUCN ID: 22557
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11322

Last Revised: 7/2/2009