Red-backed buttonquail

Red-backed buttonquail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species:
T. maculosus
Binomial name
Turnix maculosus
(Temminck, 1815)
Synonyms
  • Hemipodius maculosus Temminck, 1815[2]
  • Turnix maculosa

The red-backed buttonquail (Turnix maculosus) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Other names by which it is known in different parts of its range include black-backed, black-spotted and orange-breasted buttonquail. There are fourteen recognised subspecies.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Turnix maculosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680512A92864941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680512A92864941.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Debus, S.; Kirwan, G.M. (2016). "Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 1 July 2016.