Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
Turnix castanotus(Gould, J, 1840)
English (US) Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
The Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Turnicidae (Buttonquail) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: northwestern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Northern Territory) and offshore islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Turnix castanotus
- Family
- Turnicidae (Buttonquail)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hemipodius castanotus
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1840)
- Type locality
- Northwest coast of Australia = Port Essington, Northern Territory, apud Mathews.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.7, no.82 p.145
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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