Species factsheet

Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)

Order: Turnix suscitator
Family: Buttonquail (Turnicidae)

Danish name: Kampløbehøne

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Subspecies and Distribution

plumbipes

Nepal to ne India and n Burma

bengalensis

c and s of West Bengal (ne India)

taigoor

India (except above)

leggei

Sri Lanka

okinavensis

s Kyushu I. to Ryukyu Is. (Japan)

rostratus

Taiwan

blakistoni

e Burma to s China and n Indochina

pallescens

sc Burma

thai

nw and c Thailand

interrumpens

s Burma and Thailand

atrogularis

Malay Pen.

suscitator

Sumatra, Java, Bawean, Belitung, Bangka and Bali

powelli

Lombok to Alor (Lesser Sundas)

rufilatus

Sulawesi

haynaldi

Palawan and nearby islands (w Philippines)

fasciatus

Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate, Sibuyan (n Philippines)

nigrescens

Cebu, Guimaras, Negros, Panay (Philippines)

Photos

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