Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Barred Buttonquail
The Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) 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 suscitator
- Family
- Turnicidae (Buttonquail)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Barred Buttonquail
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 16 subspecies for this species.
- Turnix suscitator plumbipes
- Turnix suscitator bengalensis
- Turnix suscitator taigoor
- Turnix suscitator leggei
- Turnix suscitator okinavensis
- Turnix suscitator rostratus
- Turnix suscitator blakistoni
- Turnix suscitator pallescens
- Turnix suscitator thai
- Turnix suscitator atrogularis
- Turnix suscitator suscitator
- Turnix suscitator powelli
- Turnix suscitator rufilatus
- Turnix suscitator haynaldi
- Turnix suscitator fasciatus
- Turnix suscitator nigrescens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao Suscitator
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.763
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Red-backed Buttonquail
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Spotted Buttonquail
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Common Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
Little Buttonquail
Turnix velox
Red-chested Buttonquail
Turnix pyrrhothorax
Luzon Buttonquail
Turnix worcesteri
Sumba Buttonquail
Turnix everetti
Black-rumped Buttonquail
Turnix nanus
Fynbos Buttonquail
Turnix hottentottus
Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
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