Red-chested Buttonquail

Turnix pyrrhothorax

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Turnicidae
Genus
Turnix
eBird Code
recbut1

Distribution

savanna and scrub of northern, central and eastern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to eastern South Australia)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.