Species factsheet

Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus)

Order: Turnix maculosus
Family: Buttonquail (Turnicidae)

Danish name: Grårygget Løbehøne

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Subspecies and Distribution

kinneari

Peleng I. (e of Sulawesi)

beccarii

Sulawesi, Muna and Tomia Is. (Tukangbesi Is.)

obiensis

Kai Is., Babar I.

sumbanus

Sumba I. (Lesser Sundas)

floresianus

Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Flores and Alor (Lesser Sundas)

maculosus

Roti, Semau, Timor, Wetar, Moa and Kisar (Lesser Sundas)

savuensis

Sawu I. (Lesser Sundas)

saturatus

New Britain, Duke of York I. (Bismarck Arch.)

furvus

Huon Pen. (ne New Guinea

giluwensis

c New Guinea

horsbrughi

s New Guinea

mayri

Louisiade Arch. (New Guinea)

salomonis

Guadalcanal (Solomon Is.)

melanotus

n and e Australia