Common Buttonquail

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Turnix sylvaticus

Common Buttonquail, a reference photo
Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

The common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus), also called Kurrichane buttonquail and Andalusian hemipode, is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds that resemble but are not closely related to the true quails.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Buttonquail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Turnicidae
Genus
Turnix
Species
Turnix sylvaticus

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