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Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of birds, Turnicidae, of the order Charadriiformes collectively referred to as shorebirds.
Species of the Turnicidae resemble, but are not closely related to, the quails of Phasianidae.

Turnix is a genus of birds commonly known as Buttonquail or hemipodes of the family Turnicidae, of the order Charadriiformes referred to as shorebirds.
The genus name is an abbreviation of the genus Coturnix.

1/ Yellow-legged buttonquail (Cun cút chân vàng, Cun cút lưng hung, Turnix tanki)
resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails.

2/ Barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Cun cút lưng nâu, Cun cút vằn,Turnix suscitator) 
The specific epithet suscitator is Latin and means "awakening".

3/ Common buttonquail (Cun cút nhỏ, Turnix sylvaticus), also called Kurrichane buttonquail, small buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode 
The specific epithet sylvaticus is Latin meaning "of the woods" or "amidst the trees", sylva:'forest'.

4/ Little buttonquail (Cun cút bé, Turnix velox)