NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Turnicidae
  Order - Charadriiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Turnix everetti
      Species - Turnix melanogaster
      Species - Turnix nigricollis
      Species - Turnix pyrrhothorax
      Species - Turnix suscitator
      Species - Turnix tanki
      Species - Turnix velox
      Species - Turnix olivii
      Species - Turnix worcesteri
      Species - Turnix sylvaticus
      Species - Turnix maculosus
      Species - Turnix hottentottus
      Species - Turnix ocellatus
      Species - Turnix castanotus
      Species - Turnix varius
      Species - Turnix nanus