Yellow-legged Buttonquail

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iYellow-legged Buttonquail
Conservation status
Least Concern (LC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Turniciformes Family: Turnicidae Genus: Turnix Species: T. tanki
Binomial name
Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843

The Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Turnix tanki) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This family is peculiar in that the females are more colourful than the males and are polyandrous.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International (2004). Turnix tanki. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern