Abrolhos painted buttonquail
| Abrolhos Painted Button-quail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Turnicidae |
| Genus: | Turnix |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. v. scintillans |
| Trinomial name | |
| Turnix varius scintillans (Gould, 1845) | |
The Abrolhos Painted-Buttonquail (Turnix varius scintillans) is a subspecies of the painted buttonquail endemic to the Houtman Abrolhos. It was formerly common on North Island but is now presumed extinct there and also occurs on other islands of the Wallabi Group, namely East Wallabi, West Wallabi, Seagull and Pigeon Islands.