Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosa) - HBW 3, p. 53
French: Turnix moucheté
German: Fleckenlaufhühnchen
Spanish: Torillo Moteado
Other common names: Black-backed/Black-spotted/Orange-breasted/Red-collared/Spotted(!) Buttonquail
Taxonomy: Hemipodius maculosus Temminck, 1815, Timor.
May form superspecies with T. sylvatica, with which formerly considered conspecific, but differs in colouring of plumage, bill and legs. Alternatively, may be closely related to T. tanki, although this seems less likely. Formerly recognized races yorki (NE Australia) and pseutes (NW Australia) now considered inseparable from melanota; mayri sometimes merged with similar horsbrughi (New Guinea). Race T. sylvatica celestinoi of SE Philippines often referred to present species, on grounds of sympatry of two distinct Turnix forms on M.. View all taxonomy...
May form superspecies with T. sylvatica, with which formerly considered conspecific, but differs in colouring of plumage, bill and legs. Alternatively, may be closely related to T. tanki, although this seems less likely. Formerly recognized races yorki (NE Australia) and pseutes (NW Australia) now considered inseparable from melanota; mayri sometimes merged with similar horsbrughi (New Guinea). Race T. sylvatica celestinoi of SE Philippines often referred to present species, on grounds of sympatry of two distinct Turnix forms on Mindanao; however, this sympatry remains to be demonstrated, and stronger evidence required to justify range extension of present species to include Philippines. Fourteen subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- beccarii Salvadori, 1875 - Sulawesi, Muna and Tukangbesi Is.
- kinneari Neumann, 1939 - Peleng (Banggai Is).
- obiensis Sutter, 1955 - Obi and Kai Is (Moluccas), Babar (Lesser Sundas).
- beccarii Salvadori, 1875 - Sulawesi, Muna and Tukangbesi Is.
- kinneari Neumann, 1939 - Peleng (Banggai Is).
- obiensis Sutter, 1955 - Obi and Kai Is (Moluccas), Babar (Lesser Sundas).
- sumbana Sutter, 1955 - Sumba (Lesser Sundas).
- floresiana Sutter, 1955 - Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Flores, Alor (Lesser Sundas).
- maculosa (Temminck, 1815) - Timor, Wetar, Kisar, Moa (Lesser Sundas).
- savuensis Sutter, 1955 - Sawu (Lesser Sundas).
- saturata Forbes, 1882 - New Britain and Duke of York I (Bismarck Archipelago).
- furva Parkes, 1949 - Huon Peninsula (NE New Guinea).
- giluwensis Sims, 1954 - CE New Guinea.
- horsbrughi Ingram, 1909 - S New Guinea.
- mayri Sutter, 1955 - Louisiade Archipelago.
- salamonis Mayr, 1938 - Guadalcanal (Solomon Is).
- melanota (Gould, 1837) - N & E Australia.
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Female walking beside a track
Locality Betikama, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands (ssp salamonis)
Guy Dutson 14 October 2010 2 years ago 3.3
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