Painted Buttonquail
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{{Taxobox
| name = Painted Buttonquail
| status = LC
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Turniciformes]]
| familia = [[Turnicidae]]
| genus = ''[[Turnix]]''
| species = '''''T. varia'''''
| binomial = ''Turnix varia''
| binomial_authority = ([[John Latham (ornithologist)|Latham]], 1801)
}}
The '''Painted Buttonquail''' (''Turnix varia'') is a [[buttonquail]], one of a small family of [[bird]]s which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true [[quail]]s. This species is resident in [[Australia]].
This buttonquail is about 19-20 cm long. It occurs in grassy forests and woodlands. It feeds on insects and seeds, and males incubate the eggs for a fortnight and then care for the young.
The female is the more brightly coloured of the sexes. Her eye is red, and her crown, face and breast is flecked with white. Her shoulders are chestnut, with thin white streaking above them. The male is slightly smaller and duller.
A subspecies, the [[Abrolhos Painted Button-quail]] (''Turnix varia scintillans''), is endemic to the [[Houtman Abrolhos]] islands.
==Media==
[[Image:Painted buttonquail kobble.ogg|thumb|300px|left|Female SE Queensland, Australia]]
[[Category:Turnicidae]]
[[Category:Birds of South Australia]]
[[Category:Birds of Tasmania]]
[[Category:Birds of Western Australia]]
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