Chestnut-backed buttonquail

Chestnut-backed buttonquail
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Turnicidae
Genus:	Turnix
Species:	T. castanotus
Binomial name
	Turnix castanotus; (Gould, 1840)
	Distribution of the chestnut-backed buttonquail
Synonyms
	Hemipodius castanotus Gould;

The chestnut-backed buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Australia.

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