Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
Black-rumped Buttonquail (Turnix hottentotta) - HBW 3, p. 53
French: Turnix hottentot
German: Hottentottenlaufhühnchen
Spanish: Torillo Hotentote
Other common names: Dwarf/African Buttonquail; Natal Buttonquail (nana); Hottentott/South African Buttonquail (hottentotta)
Taxonomy: Turnix hottentottus Temminck, 1815, Cape of Good Hope.
Race nana often considered separate species, mainly on account of differences in eye colour and migratory habits; no intergradation reported in zone of contact, but very few recent records. Possible northern races luciana and insolata now considered inseparable from nana. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- nana (Sundevall, 1851) - irregularly and locally in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly from Nigeria E to Uganda and Kenya, S to Angola and E South Africa; status and limits of range particularly uncertain in W Africa.
- hottentotta Temminck, 1815 - mountains of S South Africa, in winter rainfall area of S Cape Province.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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brief view as it dashes away from side of track Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp nana)
Martin Kennewell 6 June 2004 1 year ago 10 sec 2
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