Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) - HBW 3, p. 54
French: Turnix combattant
German: Bindenlaufhühnchen
Spanish: Torillo Batallador
Other common names: Common(!)/Dusky/Indian/Philippine(!) Buttonquail
Taxonomy: Tetrao Suscitator Gmelin, 1789, Java.
Race powelli has on occasion been considered sufficiently distinct to merit separate species status, and is undoubtedly the most distinctive subspecies. Race interrumpens doubtfully distinct from blakistoni; validity of race baweanus sometimes questioned, due to similarity with Javan suscitator. Birds of Sumatran zone sometimes receive different subspecific designations: those of N Sumatra have been placed in race atrogularis; those of C Sumatra have been awarded separate race, machetes; and those of Belitung I sometimes awarded separate race, .. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Tetrao Suscitator Gmelin, 1789, Java.
Race powelli has on occasion been considered sufficiently distinct to merit separate species status, and is undoubtedly the most distinctive subspecies. Race interrumpens doubtfully distinct from blakistoni; validity of race baweanus sometimes questioned, due to similarity with Javan suscitator. Birds of Sumatran zone sometimes receive different subspecific designations: those of N Sumatra have been placed in race atrogularis; those of C Sumatra have been awarded separate race, machetes; and those of Belitung I sometimes awarded separate race, kuiperi; however, no clear patterns of geographical variation, and all three populations probably best retained in nominate suscitator. Eighteen subspecies recognized.
Race powelli has on occasion been considered sufficiently distinct to merit separate species status, and is undoubtedly the most distinctive subspecies. Race interrumpens doubtfully distinct from blakistoni; validity of race baweanus sometimes questioned, due to similarity with Javan suscitator. Birds of Sumatran zone sometimes receive different subspecific designations: those of N Sumatra have been placed in race atrogularis; those of C Sumatra have been awarded separate race, machetes; and those of Belitung I sometimes awarded separate race, kuiperi; however, no clear patterns of geographical variation, and all three populations probably best retained in nominate suscitator. Eighteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- taigoor (Sykes, 1832) - India.
- leggei Stuart Baker, 1920 - Sri Lanka.
- plumbipes (Hodgson, 1837) - Nepal, Sikkim, Bangladesh and Assam E to NE Myanmar.
- taigoor (Sykes, 1832) - India.
- leggei Stuart Baker, 1920 - Sri Lanka.
- plumbipes (Hodgson, 1837) - Nepal, Sikkim, Bangladesh and Assam E to NE Myanmar.
- bengalensis Blyth, 1852 - lower W Bengal (India).
- okinavensis Phillips, 1947 - S Kyushu and Makenoshima I (Japan) S to Ryukyu Is.
- rostrata Swinhoe, 1865 - Taiwan.
- blakistoni (Swinhoe, 1871) - Myanmar and N Vietnam to S China and Hainan.
- pallescens Robinson & Stuart Baker, 1928 - SC Myanmar.
- thai Deignan, 1946 - C Thailand.
- interrumpens Robinson & Stuart Baker, 1928 - peninsular Myanmar and Thailand.
- atrogularis (Eyton, 1839) - Malay Peninsula.
- suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) - Sumatra, Belitung I and Bangka I to Java and Bali.
- baweanus Hoogerwerf, 1962 - Bawean I (Java).
- fasciata Temminck, 1815 - Luzon S to Mindoro, Sibuyan and Masbate (N Philippines).
- haynaldi Blasius, 1888 - Palawan and Calamian Group (W Philippines).
- nigrescens Tweeddale, 1878 - Panay and nearby islands S to Negros and Cebu (CE Philippines).
- rufilata Wallace, 1865 - Sulawesi.
- powelli Guillemard, 1885 - Lombok, Sumbawa, Sangeang, Flores, Lomblen and Alor (Lesser Sundas).
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A bird foraging by scratching the ground while spinning around Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India (ssp taigoor)
Josep del Hoyo 15 January 2001 11 years ago 54 sec 4.8 -
A female calling Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India (ssp taigoor)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2006 3 years ago 13 sec 4.3 -
Two birds walking, crossing a path. Locality Udawalawa National Park, Sri Lanka (ssp leggei)
Eldert Groenewoud 25 October 2008 4 years ago 38 sec 4.3 -
A poor view of a bird walking on the ground. Locality Udawalawa National Park, Sri Lanka (ssp leggei)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 3 years ago 16 sec 1
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A male on the ground.
Locality Tmatboey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
James Eaton 1 February 2011 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
on the dirt road of the tiger reserve national park
Locality Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India
Jayant Atrey 25 April 2013 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4 -
Common resident
Locality Jathavera, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp taigoor)
jugal Tiwari 10 February 2012 7 weeks ago 4 -
Female, searching food.
Locality Taiwan (ssp rostrata)
alder 30 September 2011 1 year ago 4 -
drinking barred buttonquail
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp taigoor)
Jaysukh Parekh Suman 5 April 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
A male bird foraging
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp taigoor)
vasanthan.p.j 19 June 2010 2 years ago 3.7
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Has a drumming soft call like sound of distant motorcycle Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp taigoor)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2005 3 years ago 4.5
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