| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Superorder: | Neognathae |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Turnicidae |
- Genus
- species – Common Name
- Ortyxelos
- meiffrenii – Quail Plover
- Turnix
- castanota, everetti, hottentotta, maculosa, melanogaster, nigricollis, ocellata, pyrrhothorax, sylvatica, tanki, varia, worcesteri – Buttonquail
- suscitator – Bustard Quail
- velox – Little Quail
