Birds and their associated Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
Extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Turnicidae - Buttonquails
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Turnicola [Philopteridae]
Turnix Bonnaterre, 1791
- Turnix sylvatica (Desfontaines, 1789) - Small Buttonquail
Turnicola nigrolineatus (Piaget, 1885)
- Turnix maculosa (Temminck, 1815) - Red-backed Buttonquail
- Turnix hottentotta Temminck, 1815 - Black-rumped Buttonquail
- Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 - Yellow-legged Buttonquail
- Turnix ocellata (Scopoli, 1786) - Spotted Buttonquail
- Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) - Barred Buttonquail
Turnicola angustissimus (Giebel, 1866) *
Turnicola platyclypeatus (Piaget, 1880) *
- Turnix nigricollis (Gmelin, 1789) - Madagascar Buttonquail
Turnicola angustissimus (Giebel, 1866)
- Turnix melanogaster (Gould, 1837) - Black-breasted Buttonquail
- Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840) - Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
- Turnix olivii Robinson, 1900 - Buff-breasted Buttonquail
- Turnix varius (Latham, 1802) - Painted Buttonquail
- Turnix worcesteri McGregor, 1904 - Worcester's Buttonquail
- Turnix everetti Hartert, 1898 - Sumba Buttonquail
- Turnix pyrrhothorax (Gould, 1841) - Red-chested Buttonquail
- Turnix velox (Gould, 1841) - Little Buttonquail
Ortyxelos Vieillot, 1825
- Ortyxelos meiffrenii (Vieillot, 1819) - Lark Buttonquail
Last revised:
31 August, 2003
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