Red-backed Buttonquail
Turnix maculosus(Temminck, CJ, 1815)
English (US) Red-backed Buttonquail
The Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Turnix maculosus
- Family
- Turnicidae (Buttonquail)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-backed Buttonquail
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1815)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 14 subspecies for this species.
- Turnix maculosus kinneari
- Turnix maculosus beccarii
- Turnix maculosus obiensis
- Turnix maculosus sumbanus
- Turnix maculosus floresianus
- Turnix maculosus maculosus
- Turnix maculosus savuensis
- Turnix maculosus saturatus
- Turnix maculosus furvus
- Turnix maculosus giluwensis
- Turnix maculosus horsbrughi
- Turnix maculosus mayri
- Turnix maculosus salomonis
- Turnix maculosus melanotus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hemipodius maculosus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1815)
- Type locality
- 'New Holland' = Timor.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés, accompagné de planches anatomiques 3 p.631,757
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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