Latitudinal range: -38.1° to 2.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical wetland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), Mediterranean woodland (1)

Found in 5 samples

Australia: Longneck Lagoon Nature Reserve (1969), Amphitheatre Cave (Holocene), Blanche Cave (Third Chamber) (Late Pleistocene)

Malaysia: Paya Indah Wetland Reserve

South Africa: Table Mountain National Park

See also Turnix hottentottus, Turnix suscitator, Turnix varius, Turnix velox