Buttonquails (Turnicidae)

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanota) - HBW 3, p. 57

French: Turnix castanote German: Rotrücken-Laufhühnchen Spanish: Torillo Dorsicastaño

Taxonomy: Hemipodius castanotus Gould, 1840, Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Forms superspecies with T. olivii and T. varia; sometimes considered conspecific with former, but differs in bill size and details of plumage. Invalid races magnifica (NW Australia), melvillensis (Melville I) and alligator (N Australia) no longer recognized, because based on individual rather than geographical variation. Monotypic.

Distribution: NW & NC Australia and offshore islands.